Patent Baristas

“The objective of ArchPatent is providing the simplest, most intuitive USPTO search tool.” ~Tony Rainoldi ArchPatent is a new service for searching U.S. patent information.  It offers a number of tools for searching for patents and then refining search results according to various parameters. The basic service is free or you can upgrade to ArchPatent […]

Legal IQ recently conducted an interview with Dave McAllister, Director of Open Source at Adobe Systems about the latest Open Screen developments.  McAllister offers some exclusive reflections on his work with Steve Jobs: “He honestly was one of the most futuristic geniuses I’ve ever seen, able to figure the directions for the broad-based consumer and the […]

A panel of distinguished lecturers provided thoughts and insights on recent major court cases in the biotech arena — and the decision-making behind them. In a discussion on the effects of Prometheus (and Myriad), the consensus seemed to be that there’s no consensus. On Prometheus, the panel tackled the question of how will the decision […]

“The relationship between IPRs and biopharmaceutical innovation is together with copyright on the internet perhaps the most contentiously debated topic in the literature.” ~ “Taking Stock: the Gains of Global Biotechnology Research from IPRs” Proponents argue that IPRs are essential to pharmaceutical and biotechnological innovation and provide innovators with the necessary incentives to continue to […]

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 […]

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 […]

The UK Patents Court invalidated patent claims to an enantiomer of a known racemate mixture in Generics Ltd. V. Novartis AG [2011] EWHC 2403 (Pat). Generics (UK) Ltd. (Mylan) filed an action to try to invalidate a Supplementary Protection Certificate (“SPC”) for a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease called rivastigmine.  An SPC extends […]

“The major issue in patent litigation in the People’s Republic of China is obtaining evidence to prove infringement.”  ~ Douglas Clark As China’s economy has risen to be one of the largest in the world, disputes involving intellectual property rights will become more frequent as well as increasingly critical for business survival. “Patent Litigation in […]