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“The Good Wife” Defends GMOs

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Warren Woessner

Last Sunday’s episode of “The Good Wife” featured a Christian mediation between a farmer (Robert Joy) sued by a Pioneer-like company, represented by the actor Richard Thomas, for saving GMO corn seed for replanting. The facts were a mash-up of … Continue reading →

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American Calcar v. Amer. Honda Motor Co. – Therasense Goes Out For a Test Drive

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Warren Woessner

On Friday, in American Calcar v. Amer. Honda Motor Co., App. No. 2013-1061 (Fed. Cir., September 26, 2014) a divided Fed. Cir. panel affirmed the district court’s ruling, following remand, that three patents on a multimedia system for vehicle information … Continue reading →

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PLANET BLUE v. NAMCO – Abstract at the “Point of Novelty”

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Warren Woessner

In McRO, Inc. d.b.a. Planet Blue v. Namco Bandai Games America, civ. No. CV 12-10322-GW (FFMx) (C. D. Cal., Sept. 22, 2014), the granted Defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings that US Patent numbers 6,307,576 and 6,611, 278, were … Continue reading →

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FDA Publishes “Purple Book” for Biologicals/Biosimilars

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Warren Woessner

In a major move to get organized for the oncoming wave of biosimilar applications, the FDA has published a “Purple Book” listing licensed (e.g., approved) biologicals and licensed interchangeable biosimilars. Rather than summarize the contents table of the book, linked … Continue reading →

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