Well, I’ve certainly heard from a number of people regarding my earlier post on the compulsory license granted by the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks to Natco Pharma for manufacture of Bayer’s drug Sorafenib Tosylate (Nexavar), a drug used to treat liver and kidney cancer. The gist of the complaints are that I’m […]
WIPO Looking at Global Access to Safe Drinking Water The World Intellectual Property Organization has waded into the global debates over access to safe drinking water, with an upcoming workshop on patents and water purification technologies. The workshop on 22 March will be called, “The Role of Patent Information in Supporting Sustainable Access to Safe […]
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends. Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends, So Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? ~ Janis Joplin Under Section 84 of the Indian Patents Act, 1970, any person can make an application […]
Well. as you know, March 14 (3/14) is the day that people around the world celebrate that ridiculously long number known as pi (), which is: 3.14159265358979323 846264338327950288 4197169399375105820 974944592307816406 28620899862803482 53421170679… And that’s just the first hundred digits! Do numbers matter? Most think so: “Numbers are really just abstract symbols, and we have to bring […]
“I wanted to call this book A Dispeptic Introduction to Intellectual Property, but the publishers understandably said “Um, no.” ~Dan Hunter Sometimes, a book comes along that is just so cute you have to pick it up and read it. Such it is in “The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Intellectual Property,” a little guide […]
What: American Conference Institute’s FDA Boot Camp. Basic training in core regulatory concepts for life sciences lawyers, business executives and policy analysts The approval process…pre-approval concerns…product labeling…clinical trials…adverse events reports…patent concerns…exclusivity. — all are critical aspects in the commercialization process for drugs, biologics, and devices which are governed by FDA law and regulation. Recent court […]
If you have to participate in Valentine’s Day, at least make it legal when you hand the card to your significant other (hereinafter referred to as “My One True Love”). Docracy, a website of online legal documents, has posted the “Be My Valentine – Lawyer Edition.” The Valentine form allows you to fill in a […]
The Hague rendered a judgment in the patent case between Taste of Nature (Koppert Cress) and Cresco on the patentability of a plant (Raphanus sativa) obtained by an unpatentable biological process. Court of the Hague, 408315 / KG ZA 11-1414. Taste of Nature started the summary proceedings in early December 2011. They were of the […]
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Editor-in-Chief Barista Stephen Jenei is a patent attorney and Owner of Jenei LLC. When not serving up patent chat over a steaming cup of java, he's handling a diverse intellectual property practice in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical fields. More info @ Jenei LLC
