The Program: Kauffman FastTrac® TechVenture is a hands-on business development program specifically designed to assist scientists, inventors, engineers and IT developers in southwest Ohio to commercialize a new technology or take an existing tech business to the next level. The Format: Kauffman FastTrac® TechVenture will be presented over a eight-week period beginning Tuesday, October 19, […]

The still fresh ruling by CAFC on Goeddel v. Sugano reversed the decision by BPAI which held that Sugano is entitled to its filing date of its initial Japanese application and BPAI consequently awarded Sugano priority on counts of two interferences. The decision highlights the BPAI’s misinterpretation of PHOSITA’s function and we are encouraged to […]

Fellow bloggers J. Matt Buchanan (matt@bnip.com) and Stephen M. Nipper (steve@bnip.com) are joining forces to create a new law firm Buchanan Nipper LLC. In 2008, Matt opened the doors to his new firm, Buchanan Intellectual Property Office LLC (BIPO). Steve has been with Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP in Idaho. The new firm is set […]

The Licensing Executives Society is holding its Annual Meeting in Chicago at the Chicago Sheraton Hotel & Towers September 26-29. Themed ‘Deals, Deals and more Deals’ the meeting will focus on the critical role IP plays in today’s most successful business strategies and will explore ways to leverage IP to maximize deal-making and profitability. This […]

The Patent Buddy’s blog is looking for nominations for America’s Top Patent Prosecutors.  Do you have what it takes? Who is a Top Prosecutor? A Top Patent Prosecutor is any patent attorney who has achieved a reputation among their peers for high quality work product and counseling skills in patent preparation and prosecution. In order […]

BioNetwork West 2010 The 8th Annual Pharmaceutical-Biotech Partnering Conference There are a lot of pharmaceutical and biotechnology investment conferences and Pharma-Biotech networking events in the market.  BioNetwork is offering a conference that offers you the chance to spend quality time with the right people. With its intimate setting and extensive networking opportunities, you will meet […]

In a nonprecidential opionion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal by Biopolymer Engineering (Biothera) as moot after it appealed a District Court order granting summary judgment of noninfringement by Immunocorp and Biotec Pharmacon ASA (Biotec).  Biopolymer Engineering and MIT v. Immunocorp and Biotec Pharmacon ASA (2010-1096). Biothera sued Biotec […]

Caraco Pharmaceutical Labs and Sun Pharmaceutical Ind. tried to get a rehearing en banc regarding the counterclaim provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act (HWA).  Novo Nordisk A/S v. Caraco Pharmaceutical Labs and Sun Pharmaceutical Ind., US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2010-1001). The petition for panel rehearing and for rehearing en banc was denied. […]