Patent Baristas

On Remand from the Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit applied the broad scope of the research exemption to the Integra case and reversed the district court’s judgment of infringement. Integra Lifesciences v. Merck KGaA (02-1052-1065). Integra Life Sciences has five patents relating to peptides that contain the RGD sequence […]

In another challenge to patents it just doesn’t like, the nonprofit organization Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) got the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to grant a request for reexamination of four crop science-related patents held by Monsanto. PUBPAT seems to be on a roll after successfully getting reexams of patents on Pfizer’s Lipitor, WARF’s […]

The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber and CincyTechUSA announced their list of the Top 10 Best Blogs in Cincinnati (in alphabetical order) after receiving 154 nominations for 62 blogs in Cincinnati USA’s Best Blog Competition in a quest to name the best blog authored in Cincinnati USA and the best blog authored by a Chamber member. […]

The USPTO has published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding appeals to the USPTOs Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI).  The proposed rules are in anticipation of the flood of appeals that will result if (read: when) the new USPTO rules limiting continuation practice go into effect.  (see:  USPTO Proposes […]

Patent Baristas has been featured in BlawgWorld 2007, an outstanding presentation of some of the top law blogs around the web in an eBlook format put together by Editor Sara Skiff, Publisher Neil Squillante and the eBook Team at TechnoLawyer. BlawgWorld 2007 is a compilation of exemplary posts from authoritative law blogs of various specialties […]

In a new paper “Confronting Myths and Myopia on the Road from Doha,” Daniel Cahoy, associate professor of business law at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business, looks at recent patent compulsory licenses issued by Thailand in terms of balancing access and innovation in essential medicines. The WTO’s Doha round of trade negotiations expanded the […]

Several readers recently asked if there is a good (free) site that lists the expiration dates of pharmaceutical patents. The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) has a chart listing Upcoming Patent Expirations for 2007-09.  One fee-based service I know of is Drug Patent Watch.  One can also do the reviewing themselves, of course, but determining if a […]

AstraZeneca’s patent on Toprol-XL® was found invalid after the CAFC affirmed a district court’s invalidity holding based on double patenting but vacated the district court’s inequitable conduct holding and remanded the case to see if the patent and another one should be held unenforceable. In re Metoprolol Succinate Patent Litigation, United States Court of Appeals […]