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Section 101 Patent Eligibility Roundup: It's Been Too Long

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It's been a while since I last posted, and I apologize for that. (If interested, here's an alert about what's kept me away: a CFAA trial we wrapped up in late July.) But I am back, so let's look at the latest on the Section...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Life Sciences Industry Update: 2024 Mid-Year Report

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LIFE SCIENCES - Life sciences companies are forming AI-driven strategic collaborations with tech giants, creating synergy that promises to revolutionize the industry. Companies like NVIDIA,...more

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Bipartisan Focus on Drug Prices Continues with Proposed Expansion of Federal Authority Over Patent Rights

Pharmaceutical drug pricing and reimbursement remains a bipartisan focus as we draw closer to the November presidential elections, with politicians remaining steadfast in their efforts to turn up the heat on pharmaceutical...more

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

The Pros And Cons Of Protecting AI As Trade Secrets

Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more

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2023 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: Standard Essential Patents at the PTAB: Are SEPs Faring any Differently than...

Standard-essential patents (SEPs) are on the rise. A key factor undergirding that rise is the desire for device connectivity in all things, and the fact that reliable and robust connectivity is impossible without using key...more

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Proposed Framework Would Expand US Government’s Discretion to ‘March-In’ on Patent Rights

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In the Biden administration’s pursuit of increasing affordability of healthcare and prescription drugs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released in December 2023 its draft framework on the US...more

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Federal Agencies Seeking Patent Seizure Authority Through Draft NIST Guidance

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The Situation: On December 8, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST") released a proposed framework for federal agencies regarding the exercise of the government's march-in rights for federally...more

Kidon IP

Response to the USPTO, The ITA, and NIST call for Public Comments on Standards, Part 5 of 7

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On November 6, 2023 I submitted a response to the public comments which can be found here. I have also included my comments in full on this blog in a series of posts including the below. The only change in my submission is...more

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Response to the USPTO, The ITA, and NIST call for Public Comments on Standards, Part 2 of 7

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On November 6, 2023 I submitted a response to the public comments which can be found here.  I have also included my comments in full on this blog in a series of posts including the below.  The only change in my submission is...more

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Response to the USPTO, The ITA, and NIST call for Public Comments on Standards, Part 1 of 7

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On November 6, 2023 I submitted a response to the public comments which can be found here. I have also included my comments in full on this blog in a series of posts including the below. The only change in my submission is...more

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SEP Enforcement: Has the Biden Administration Tabled a Revised Policy Statement?

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Six months after the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) issued a Draft Policy Statement on Licensing...more

Kidon IP

Response to the US Department of Justice call for Public Comments on SEPs Part 2 of 6

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I. Background for The Withdrawal from the 2013 Policy Statement - In December 2018, former Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Makan Delrahim announced DOJ’s withdrawal from the 2013 Statement....more

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Response to the US Department of Justice call for Public Comments on SEPs Part 1 of 6

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Executive Summary - The 2013 statement was a favor to Apple and Google and was widely misinterpreted and misused (often intentionally by opportunistic infringers found by courts and/or the ITC to be “unwilling).  It was...more

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With SEP Politics Eagle Eyes are Needed, or Senator Tillis’ Watchfulness Pays Off and Comments on the Draft Policy Statement Now...

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Anyone who has observed standard essential patents (SEPs) for any length of time knows quite well that behind all the legalese there is a heavy dose of politics – both foreign and domestic. Thus, it came as no surprise that...more

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iEdison’s 2020 New Year’s Resolution – Improvement! Time To Submit Your Comments

The Interagency Edison (“iEdison”) system is the principal mechanism for preserving rights to title in Government-funded inventions. Its use is now mandatory per 37 CFR 401.16, and we expect FAR 52.227-11, Patent Rights –...more

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