Tag Archives: Warren Woessner

Patentability Issues for Plants in the EPO

While this decision from the EPO Technical Board of Appeal raises more questions than it answers, it does a very good job of framing the issues and uncertainty regarding the patentability of plants in the EPO. The claim was to … Continue reading

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Wyeth v. Abbott Labs. – Picking Plaintiff’s Poison

In July of 2011, I wrote a post for this blog on BSC v. J&J, a Fed. Cir. decision in which four J&J patents claiming stents eluting rapamycin, a drug that inhibits restenosis after balloon angioplasty, were held invalid for … Continue reading

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Finally, A Reasonable Decision

This is a guest post from Greg Stark, attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. Attached at the end of this post is an annotated copy of the June 21st decision from the Federal Circuit in Ultramercial v. Hulu. The underlying patent … Continue reading

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Can AMP v. Myriad Revive Diagnostic Method Claims?

At the end of the Supreme Court’s Opinion, Justice Thomas makes it clear that the Court was impressed by Judge Byson’s dissents in the Fed. Cir. Myriad opinions. Although Judge Bryson was on the Intema panel that sank claims to … Continue reading

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