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Prometheus v. Roxane – A Glimpse of Christmas Future?

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Warren Woessner

A Fed. Cir. panel of Judges Dyk, Taranto and Hughes affirmed the district court’s invalidation of a Prometheus “add-on” patent (U.S. Pat. No. 6,284,770) to a method to treat a form of irritable bowel syndrome, IBS-D, with alosetron, as obvious … Continue reading →

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Australian Patent Office Proposes “Coding Only” Sequence Ban

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Coming soon after the High Court’s “Myriad decision” in Australia, the Australian Patent Office has proposed guidelines that would effectively limit the ban on patent-eligibility of DNA sequences to nucleic acids that code for polypeptides. While cDNA is still considered … Continue reading →

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Takeaways from Chisum’s Washington, D.C. September 2015 Seminar

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Warren Woessner

On September 24-25, 2015, the Chisum Patent Academy held a two-day seminar at the offices of Kaye Scholer LLP in Washington, DC to discuss and debate current developments in U.S. patent law. The roundtable seminar group was limited to ten … Continue reading →

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Janice Mueller’s New Article: Patent -Ineligible Methods of Treatment

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Patent-Ineligible Methods of Treatment Janice M. Mueller Chisum Patent Academy October 3, 2015 Janice M. Mueller, Patent-Ineligible Methods of Treatment, in MUELLER ON PATENT LAW, VOL. I (PATENTABILITY AND VALIDITY) (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business 2012), last revised October 2015 … Continue reading →