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Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

The Future of Food: Regulatory and Patent Landscape of Genome Editing in Food Technology

Our current food system is facing a myriad of critical challenges. The United Nations predicts that the world population will reach 9.3 billion people by 2050, which means that we will need to produce 60% more food to feed...more

Jones Day

Ban on European Patents for Plants Engineered by "New Genomic Techniques" Nearing Reality

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The European Parliament has adopted an amended European Commission proposal to regulate plants engineered using techniques such as CRISPR/Cas and ban any patenting of plants, plant parts, material, genetic information, or...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Retaining Your Patent Priority Date In Europe: Formal Priority Given A Rebuttable Presumption In Favor Of Applicant/Patentee

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On October 10, 2023, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) issued a groundbreaking decision that reflects a major change in how formal priority is assessed at the EPO during examination and in...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] The National Forum on IP Funding and Tech Strategies for Novel Therapeutic Modalities and Gene Therapies - March 21st -...

Hosted by American Conference Institute (ACI), the National Forum on IP, Funding and Tech Strategies for Novel Therapeutic Modalities and Gene Therapies will highlight leveraging technology, safeguarding IP, and securing...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Oral Arguments Rescheduled in CRISPR Interferences

On August 16th, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board rescheduled back-to-back oral hearings for interferences between ToolGen Inc. (Senior Party) and Junior Party The Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 20th Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents - June 2nd - 3rd, New York, NY

ACI’s Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents is back in person on June 2–3 in New York City. Our reimagined 2022 conference will provide practical insights on how to implement bullet-proof patent prosecution tactics,...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

PTAB Holds for Broad in CRISPR Interference: The Reasoning

Inventorship determinations have been called, in some of their incarnations, "one of the muddiest concepts in the muddy metaphysics of patent law."  Mueller Brass Co. v. Reading Indus., 352 F. Supp. 1357, 1372 (E.D. Pa....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Broad Institute Loses Appeal in European Patent Office, Patents Remain Revoked

Earlier this year, and almost one year to the day (January 17, 2019) that the Opposition Division (OD) of the European Patent Office revoked in its entirety European Patent No. EP 2771468, the Technical Board of Appeal...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Walter Isaacson, Part 1

In this inaugural edition of the IP Hot Topics podcast, we kick off our Innovation Conversations series. We’re joined by renowned author, analyst, journalist, historian and Tulane University professor Walter Isaacson....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

European Patent Office (EPO) Upholds Foundational CRISPR Patent Owned by UC, Univ. of Vienna, and Charpentier

On February 10, 2020, the European Patent Office Opposition Division announced the results of an opposition filed against patent EP2800811, owned by the Regents of University of California, University of Vienna, and Emanuelle...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Patenting Considerations for Artificial Intelligence in Biotech and Synthetic Biology

Artificial Intelligence (AI) inventions have aided development in nearly every industry, but perhaps none more so than synthetic biology. For synthetic biology researchers, AI has developed into a vital tool to create cutting...more

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