Patent Baristas

The U.S. Supreme Court granted cert. (for the second time!) in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc, Supreme Court No. 10-1150, to consider whether to set limits on when inventors can patent medical diagnostic tests. Earlier, the judgment was vacated and the case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit […]

News out of Washington is that the Patent Reform Act is off again.  The main issue of debate appears to be the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office funding provisions in H.R. 1249, “The America Invents Act.” Section 22 of the Judiciary Committee reported bill allows the USPTO to retain all user fees to use for […]

Over 150 companies, associations, venture capitalists, unions, universities and innovation-focused entities  called on Congress to support keeping the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office funding provisions in H.R. 1249, “The America Invents Act.” Section 22 of the Judiciary Committee reported bill creates a mandatory revolving fund in the Treasury to retain all user fees collected by […]

It looks like the Patent Reform Act is no longer a done deal.  Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Harold Rogers (Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee) and Rep. Paul Ryan (Chairman of Budget) wrote a letter to Rep. Lamar Smith (Chairman of the Judiciary) insisting on maintaining the power of these two committees to control the Patent […]

Pharma IQ released the first in their series of Pharma IQ Top Blogger Awards. Their ten favorite regulatory and legal blogs are: Patent Docs:  A great legal blog covering patent issues in a great deal of depth. Eye on FDA:  Mark Senak charts every significant move of the FDA and other interesting regulatory developments that […]

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the appeal of Stanford University against Roche Diagnostics. This case is of significant interest to the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Association of American Universities (AAU), American Council on Education (ACE), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), and Council […]

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Stanford University can’t win its patent infringement case against Roche Molecular Systems because Roche holds an ownership interest in the patents. Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., et al., Supreme Court of the United States, 563 U. S. ____ (2011). […]

BioOhio is offering a free, 45-minute webinar on clinical trials with BioOhio members DATATRAK and Loretta Cipkus Dubray. Title:      Finding Quality in Your Clinical Trials Date:      Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Time:     10:00 AM – 10:45 AM EDT Quality should be the hallmark of any clinical trial. Cutting corners to save money at the cost of […]