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Tag Archives: Patent Reform
BIO’s IP Priorities for 2011
As we start a new year, the BIO Intellectual Property Department has determined their 2011 priorities. Intellectual Property remains a foundational priority for BIO and our 1100 biotechnology company members. BIO’s IP department has approved the following priorities for 2011: 1) PTO reforms to improve efficient, timely and quality examination 2) Congressional patent reform legislation 3) Improving IP protection in key foreign markets 4) IP legal developments in the courts 5) Protecting the breadth and flexibility of the patent Read More >
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Tags: Bayh-Dole, BIO, Biotechnology Industry Organization, economic development, Intellectual Property, International, IP, Patent Reform, patent reform in foreign markets, patents, Supreme Court, Technology Transfer, Technology Transfer, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Tags: Bayh-Dole, BIO, Biotechnology Industry Organization, economic development, Intellectual Property, International, IP, Patent Reform, patent reform in foreign markets, patents, Supreme Court, Technology Transfer, Technology Transfer, United States Patent and Trademark Office
USPTO Economic Research Agenda
The USPTO has a new Office of the Chief Economist and they have recently published their research agenda. USPTO Economic Research Agenda The OCE is embarking upon an aggressive economic research program to provide evidence on a range of matters relevant to policymaking and the effect of IP on economic outcomes more generally. These include: (1) Relating IP to economic growth, performance and employment, including: (a) IP and entrepreneurship (b) IP and wider Read More >
Is the Myriad Case Decision and/or the DOJ Brief TRIPS Compliant?
Judge Sweet seemed to dismiss Myriad’s constitutional taking and TRIPS claims by indicating: “Finally, Myriad’s suggestion that invalidating the patents-in-suit would constitute an unconstitutional taking in violation of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution or a violation of the United States’ obligations under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS”) is unpersuasive. Myriad’s novel taking argument runs counter to a long history of invalidation of patent claims by the courts and is unsupported by legal Read More >
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Tags: BIO, Department of Justice, DNA, DNA patents, DOJ, gene, Gene Patents, gene patents, Global Health, International, International law, isolated and purified DNA, isolated DNA, Judge Sweet, Myriad, Patent Reform, patents, TRIPS, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Tags: BIO, Department of Justice, DNA, DNA patents, DOJ, gene, Gene Patents, gene patents, Global Health, International, International law, isolated and purified DNA, isolated DNA, Judge Sweet, Myriad, Patent Reform, patents, TRIPS, United States Patent and Trademark Office
BIO’s Comments on proposed PTO Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing Through the Intellectual Property System
Here are the highlights from BIO’s recent submission on the proposed PTO “Request for Comments on Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing Through the Intellectual Property System.” Background: 1. “BIO’s members also understand that problems with access to medicines and other biotechnology products in the developing world have very little to do with the patent system, and are generally caused by other factors outside the control of individual stakeholders, such as lack of adequate local manufacturing, Read More >
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Tags: access to medicines, BIO, BIOTECH, biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry Organization, developing countries, economic development, Global Health, Green Technology, humanitarian, humanitarian technologies, International, Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Reform, patents, poverty, PTO, re-examination vouchers, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO
Tags: access to medicines, BIO, BIOTECH, biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry Organization, developing countries, economic development, Global Health, Green Technology, humanitarian, humanitarian technologies, International, Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Reform, patents, poverty, PTO, re-examination vouchers, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO
Recent Federal Register Notices
A collection of Federal Register Notices dating back to November 5th. Mainly for Small and Medium sized Enterprises: (SME) Government Programs to Assist Businesses Protect Their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Foreign Markets; Notice of Extension of Comment Period PTO Proposed Rule: Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals PTO Notice: Expansion and Extension of the Green Technology Pilot Program
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Tags: Board of Patent Appeals, Ex Parte Appeals, Federal Register Notice, Green Technology, Interferences, International, Patent Appeal Board, Patent Reform, patents, Proposed Rule, Small and Medium Enterprises, SME, United States Patent and Trademark Office
