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Recent Appellate Decision Overturns Revocations of Broad Institute CRISPR-Cas9 Patents

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This past Thursday, the Board of Appeals of the European Patent Office released the minutes of oral proceedings in which the Board rendered a decision in closely watched appeals relating to Broad patents directed to...more

Smart & Biggar

PM(NOC) Regulations: Six-year anniversary of major amendments

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September 21, 2023, marked the sixth anniversary of the significant amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations). This article provides an update on activities in the sixth year...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 21st Annual Life Sciences IP Summit - September 27th - 28th, Munich, Germany

Hosted by C5 Group, the 21st Annual Life Sciences IP Summit returns for another exciting year with curated programming with speakers from the pharma, biotech and medical device industries that will provide practical insights...more

TransPerfect Legal

Leveraging the Patent Priority Date: A Life Sciences Focus

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The ACC last month hosted the San Francisco Bay Area Life Sciences CLE Conference, giving TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS) team members the opportunity to learn and connect with colleagues. One of the panels, moderated by...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Stepping Stones To Success: Supporting Claims In The Life Sciences

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The standard for written description in the life sciences seems to have tightened lately, leading patent applicants to wonder what level of written support and working example data is necessary to support genus claims....more

Proskauer - Life Sciences

“Negative” Patent Claim Limitations—May They be Adequately Described by Omission?

Patent claim limitations that are “negative”—that is, claim limitations specifying the absence of a particular element from the patent claim—can pose a dilemma in the written description context. How much of the specification...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

News from Abroad: European CVC CRISPR Patent Revoked Because of Invalid Priority Claim

While many patiently await developments in the pending U.S. interference proceedings relating to the CRISPR patents in the U.S., matters are progressing in Europe.  The Opposition Division (OD) of the European Patent Office...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

UC Berkeley CRISPR Patent Revoked in Europe Due To Invalid Priority Claim

CRISPR patents continue to face priority challenges in Europe. Following an earlier revocation of CRISPR patent EP2771468 based on a successful priority challenge, another foundational CRISPR patent EP3241902, co-owned by...more

Hogan Lovells

Patent Litigation: Dutch Court of Appeal guidance on formal entitlement to priority

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On 30 July, the Court of Appeal of The Hague ruled on the formal entitlement to priority following from a US provisional patent application. The attack on priority in this case is part of a recent trend by parties in patent...more

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