Category Archives: Govt Policy/PTO Policy

Federal March-In Rights Meet Clawbacks – The Future of 35 USC ss. 200-212

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Warren Woessner

This post could have been “The Revival of the March-In Rights of the Bayh-Dole Act.” The passage of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 permitted universities to take title to inventions made with federal funding and grant licenses to commercial entities. … Continue reading →

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Congress and Trump are out of step on Intellectual Property

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Warren Woessner

This is a guest post from Russell Slifer that first appeared on The Hill (8/30/2018). The Trump administration started its trade war this year with China under the auspices of countering Beijing’s theft of U.S. intellectual property. There is no doubt … Continue reading →

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Do You Really Want to File for Pharma Patent Protection in Canada, India or Ecuador?

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Warren Woessner

IPO Letter Reports Weaknesses in IP Protection Around the World In a 27 page letter dated February 8, 2018 and sent to Sue Chang at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Executive Director of IPO, Mark Lauroesch, extensively … Continue reading →

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Exhausted by Exhaustion: Impression Products v. Lexmark

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Warren Woessner

Please revisit Don Chisum’s and Janice Mueller’s comments on Impression Products v. Lexmark, No. 151189 (S. Ct. May 30, 2017), in which the Court held that a seller of a patented printer cartridge had exhausted its patent rights, so that … Continue reading →

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