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Patent Law Developments 2015: A Quick Recapitulation

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Warren Woessner

This is a guest post from Chisum Patent Academy. Patent Law Developments 2015: A Quick Recapitulation Donald S. Chisum Co-Founder, Chisum Patent Academy In terms of case law, legislation and other developments in patent law, calendar year 2015 had no first … Continue reading →

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Top Patent Law Stories In 2015

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Warren Woessner

I will try to keep this post as brief as possible, since I posted at length on all of the stories. There was a lot of IP action in 2015 – much involving the Fed. Cir. and Supreme Court’s resolution … Continue reading →

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Patenting “Natural Products” Down-Under Post-Myriad

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Although the Australian High Court held that claims to naturally occurring DNA (e.g., BRCA1 nucleic acid) were not patent eligible because they were not a “manner of manufacture,” since the encoded information therein was not “made” by human action, in … Continue reading →

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? To Get New Genes!

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Jay Cormier has a new post on the FDA Law Blog called “Tastes Like Chicken: Second ‘BioPharm’ Animal Approved to Produce Biological to Treat Orphan Disease Includes 6th Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher.” He writes: On December 8, 2015, … Continue reading →

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