Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is transforming drug discovery by leveraging the cell’s natural protein disposal systems to eliminate disease-causing proteins. Innovators are making rapid and successful advancements in the…
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Hello, welcome to Fedtrade®. I’m James Hastings of Rothwell Figg. Joining us on the podcast today is Tony Davis, Executive General Manager, The Americas of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (“Austrade”). Tony will…
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/ Agriculture, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Fedtrade® podcast recently interviewed Bill Noonan, Chief Business Development Officer of Choose New Jersey, as part of our SelectUSA Investment Summit Spotlight series. Choose New Jersey is the state’s leading non-profit…
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/ International Law & Trade, Nonprofit Law, Real Estate - Commercial
The Fedtrade® podcast recently interviewed Adam Boltik, Program Manager for the Office of International Commerce of the State of New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs, as part of our SelectUSA Investment…
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/ Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade, Taxation
The Fedtrade® podcast recently interviewed Artur Czerniejewski, Head of Swiss Business Hub USA of Switzerland Global Enterprise, as part of our SelectUSA Investment Summit Spotlight series. Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE)…
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently designated its decision in Cambridge v. Sfara (IPR2024-00952) as an informative decision.[1] This designation addresses an important issue in inter partes review (IPR)…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
As we previously discussed, beginning in 2022, a series of patent infringement lawsuits were filed against Moderna and collaborators Pfizer+BioNTech seeking damages based on their respective sales of the Spikevax® and Comirnaty®…
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/ Health, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
In 1910, German scientist Paul Ehrlich introduced a groundbreaking concept to the world: chemical compounds could be engineered to interact with unique receptors on disease-causing cells while avoiding interaction with healthy…
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/ Health, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Federal Circuit’s holding in United Servs. Auto. Ass’n v. PNC Bank N.A., No. 2023-2171, 2025 WL 339662 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 30, 2025) reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) decision finding no motivation to combine. …
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Although the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is no longer halted by nationwide preliminary injunctions, U.S. companies and their beneficial owners are not required to report beneficial ownership information pursuant to…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
On March 4, 2025, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) decision in Restem, LLC v. Jadi Cell, LLC, No. 23-2054, 2025 WL 679195, at *1 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 4, 2025), finding that the patent…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On March 13, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a five-year patent term extension (“PTE”) for Merck’s sugammadex patent, holding that the district court had correctly calculated PTE based on the…
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/ Administrative Law, Intellectual Property
The Fedtrade® podcast recently interviewed Lukas Zitz, Deputy Austrian Trade Commissioner of Advantage Austria, as part of our SelectUSA Investment Summit Spotlight series. With around 100 offices in over 70 countries, Advantage…
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/ Government Contracting, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Fedtrade® podcast recently interviewed Michel Belval, President of the Quebec Chapter of The American Chamber of Commerce in Canada (AmCham Quebec), as part of our SelectUSA Investment Summit Spotlight series. With seven…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Fedtrade® Podcast recently interviewed Jeffrey Smith, Chief Operating Officer at Factum Global, as part of our SelectUSA Investment Summit Spotlight series. Factum Global is an international consulting firm that specializes…
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