Intellectual Property

Building a Defensible Portfolio of IP in Deep Tech
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Building a Defensible Portfolio of IP in Deep Tech

A weak or fragmented IP strategy early on can lead to mistakes that are difficult to undo later. A defensible IP Portfolio should: Start Early ...
Doing my best to get it right
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Doing my best to get it right

As you may know, IPWatchdog Live 2025 was held last week. The program was a huge success. The conversations were great. The panels were great, ...
Where were the biologics-related Patents that are involved in BPCIA litigation created? Where were the biologics-related patents involved in BPCIA litigation invented?
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Where were the biologics-related Patents that are involved in BPCIA litigation created? Where were the biologics-related patents involved in BPCIA litigation invented?

Convenience, national pride, and foreign filing license laws encourage such home country first-filings. Convenience, national pride, and foreign filing license laws encourage such home country ...
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CA

Bite (noun): more meaty news to sink your teeth into. Bark (noun): peripheral noise worth your attention. Senator Thom Tillis’ dog, Mitch. This week in ...
Where were the biologics-related Patents that are involved in BPCIA litigation created? Where were the biologics-related patents involved in BPCIA litigation invented?
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Federal Circuit Affirms injunction against Celltrion in Aflibercept BPCIA litigation

As we reported previously, the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a similarly preliminary injunction against Samsung & Formycon. In its opinion, dated Jan. 29, 2025 the ...
Moderna COVID Vaccine Technology Banned by PTAB
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Moderna COVID Vaccine Technology Banned by PTAB

“The companies told the PTAB in the petitions that Moderna’s patents include ‘unimaginably broad claims directed to a basic idea.'” Patent Trial and Appeal Board ...
Smart & Biggar
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Smart & Biggar

On the 7th of June 2024, the Federal Court released its Judgment & Reasons in Tekna Plasma Systems Inc v AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings ...
Federal Circuit affirms partial win for patent owner against Apple
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Federal Circuit affirms partial win for patent owner against Apple

It applied a reasoned analysis for rejecting arguments.”- CAFC opinion It applied a rationale analysis for rejecting the [Apple’s] arguments.” – CAFC opinion The U.S. ...
McDermott Will & Emery
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McDermott Will & Emery

In an unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed and remanded an award of damages for willful infringement of the Lanham Act ...