Patent Baristas

The American Conference Institute’s 10th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents: Analysis, Insights and Strategies for New Challenges in Biotech Patent Practices will be held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, Boston, MA, on September 15-16. At the conference, I will be on a panel discussion with Michele Cimbala, of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox,  entitled “Life […]

Billed as the ONE AND ONLY course where you will learn how to add value to your practice by drilling into the complex nuances of pharmaceutical and biotech patent opinion writing to reveal the strategies, solutions, and tactics for successfully tackling the issues, ACI’s Intensive Course in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Opinion Writing will bring […]

The business method patent industry is in a state of flux now, due to recent and upcoming Federal Circuit cases, most notably Bilski, and potential federal legislation that could have a profound impact in this area.  Thus, in-house and private practice attorneys who are involved with business method patents are very interested in the effects […]

Elizabeth Edwards is a woman on a mission and her mission is healthcare.  Mrs. Edwards wants us to know that we are facing a crisis in healthcare.  Ours is a system that is the best in the world but that is too expensive for many. Last week at the BIO 2008 conference, Amgen hosted a […]

BIO2008 conference attendee Ben Keeton, of the Kentucky BioAlliance, won a Patent Baristas iPod this week.  Ben was the first person to find me at the 2008 BIO International Convention in San Diego and ask for the Patent Baristas’ iBarista iPod. Ben picked up a nice teal-colored iPod shuffle after asking for it Thursday.  Ben […]

You couldn’t swing a dead cat at the BIO2008 conference today without smacking at least one governor out pressing the flesh and showing their state’s support for the biotech industry. Joining Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle in announcing initiatives for biosciences and stem cell research, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter gave a talk today on Colorado’s growing […]

The BIO 2008 Convention was in full swing this week as over 20,000 attendees all crushed together gathered in the San Diego Convention Center.  With everything from a golf swing analysis to an oxygen bar, attendees are being treated to an all-out marketing blitz. With a new billion-dollar initiative seemingly announced daily, the stakes certainly […]

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle held a press conference this afternoon on why Wisconsin is way more than cheese.  Announcing that the Genetics Policy Institute picked Wisconsin as the host of the World Stem Cell Summit 2008, Gov. Doyle laid out how the state is on pace in building the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery at the […]