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USPTO Director Kappos Resigns

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Warren Woessner

USPTO Director David Kappos has announced that he will leave the Office early next year, perhaps by the end of January. He became the Director in 2009, leaving his position as essentially Head Patent Counsel at IBM. He brought much-needed … Continue reading →

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Edwards Lifesciences v. Corevalve – Pig Valve Implants Enabling

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Warren Woessner

In Edwards Lifesciences AB v. Corevalve, Inc. (now a part of Medtronic), Appeal No. 2011-1215-1257 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 13, 2012), Corevalve challenged the validity of US Pat. No. 5,411,552 directed to a “transcather heart valve” on the basis that the … Continue reading →

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Bard v. Gore: Joint Inventors or Just One?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Warren Woessner

In view of the recent petition for cert. filed by W. L. Gore, asking the Supreme Court to review the standards for joint inventorship, the February panel decision in Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. W. L. Gore & Assoc., Inc., … Continue reading →

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ACI Biotech Conference in Boston – What’s New?

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Warren Woessner

A lot of the speakers will have big changes in patent law and watershed case law to tackle at the American Conference Institute’s 14th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents in Boston, Nov. 28-29, 2012. I will be speaking with Kevin … Continue reading →