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Australia – High Court Decision on Methods of Medical Treatment
This is a guest post from Bill Bennett of Pizzeys in Australia. It covers Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 50 (4 December 2013). (A copy of the full decision is available at the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Practice
Tagged apotex, Australia, Bill Bennett, biotechnology, biotechnology law, intellectual property, ip, Patent Law, Pizzeys, Warren Woessner
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The Unacknowledged Role of Section 112 in the Myriad Decisions
Guest post from Paul Cole, Lucas & Co., UK; introduction by Warren Woessner. In this interesting note, Paul Cole explores the possible effect on the Fed. Cir. and Supreme Court’s decisions about the patent-eligibility of “genomic DNA” of the arguable … Continue reading
Posted in Patent Eligible Subject Matter
Tagged application to bacterial genes, biotechnology, biotechnology law, blanket prohibition, BRCA1, cDNA, chemist or geneticist, Enablement, evaluation, full-length gene partial sequence, intellectual property, ip, Myriad, Patent Law, patent-eligibility, patents, Paul Cole, structural difference threshold, utility threshold, Warren Woessner, written description
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Ohio Willow Wood Co. v. Alps South, LLC – Inequitable Conduct Lives!
In October, I spoke at AIPLA with James Carmichael, who used to head up the “Fraud Squad” at the PTO. He noted that there had only been three Fed. Cir. decisions upholding findings of inequitable conduct (IC) since Therasense, two … Continue reading
Sanofi-Aventis v. Pfizer – Possession and Appreciation Trump Structure
On Tuesday, the Fed. Cir. affirmed a finding by the Board that Pfizer was entitled to an earlier priority date for a claim to cDNA encoding the IL-13 receptor protein (Sanofi-Aventis v. Pfizer, Inc., App. No. 2012-1345 (Fed. Cir. November … Continue reading