In January, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office PatentsView , which allows the public to interactively engage, through a web-based platform, with a database connecting 40 years of information about inventors, their organizations, and their locations. The revised PatentsView interface presents three new starting points for users: relationships, locations, and comparisons.
Category: Patent / Trademark Law
Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp. and the Absent Presumption Against Extraterritoriality
Guest Post by Tim Holbrook, Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. Professor Holbrook has written extensively on the extraterritorial application of U.S. patent law.
For CBM Review: _Claims_ Must be Directed to Financial Service
This case represents an important decision limiting the scope of Covered Business Method reviews. However, its short consideration of agency-deference leaves it open to further challenge.
Gene editing patent ruling sways fortune of biotech hopefuls
In a highly anticipated decision that could sway the fortunes of a handful of biotechnology companies, the federal patent office has turned back a challenge to patents covering a widely used method for editing genes. The office’s board of appeals ruled Wednesday that the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard can keep patents it had been awarded for a technique called CRISPR that lets scientists alter DNA within cells.
Gene Editing Patent Ruling Sways Fortune of Biotech Hopefuls
In a highly anticipated decision that could sway the fortunes of a handful of biotechnology companies, the federal patent office has turned back a challenge to patents covering a widely used method for editing genes. The office’s board of appeals ruled Wednesday that the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard can keep patents it had been awarded for a technique called CRISPR that lets scientists alter DNA within cells.
How UC-Berkeley’s CRISPR license could limit innovation
A smart biotech company could have a great idea for how to use gene editing to develop a new lifesaving therapy – but because of the way licensing deals have been cut by UC-Berkeley and Massachusetts’ Broad Institute, it would never get a chance to try it. That’s the assertion of intellectual property experts in Friday’s issue of the journal Science, who criticize the licensing landscape around the powerful new tool called CRISPR-Cas9, warning it could limit its promise.
Expiring Patents: a Primer for CFOs
When patents expire, finance chiefs must alert their peers that the company must find new sources of profit or cut costs. Patents are valuable assets that can create and protect market share.
Microsoft adds patent suit protections for cloud customers
This July 3, 2014, file photo shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. In a ruling released Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, a federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Microsoft that claims a law that prohibits technology companies from telling customers when the government demands their electronic data is unconstitutional.
Discovery Education Monthly STEM Content Highlights – February 2017
Thomas Edison was born 170 years ago on February 11th, and he made a enormous impact on life as we know it! Edison is credited with inventing over 1,100 items, however he was only scratching the surface of innovation. Many people, including students, think everything worth inventing has been already invented.
Navy registers trademarks for Carderock’s SeaGlide
A SeaGlide, or small-scale underwater glider, maneuvers in a tank of water at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in Bethesda, Md. The SeaGlide is a non-tethered, autonomous robot that helps collect data through sensors.
Azy Kokabi, Partner, Sughrue Mion, PPLC to Speak at TKG’s Event
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Azy Kokabi, Partner, Sughrue Mion, PPLC will speak at the Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Resolving Patent Dispute Under BPCIA: Latest Developments and Strategies in 2017 LIVE Webcast.” This event is scheduled for February 14, 2017 from 3:00pm 5:00pm .
Invention Secrecy Activity in 2016
From the FAS site – Project on Government Secrecy Invention Secrecy Activity The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 requires the government to impose “secrecy orders” on certain patent applications that contain sensitive information, thereby restricting disclosure of the invention and withholding the grant of a patent. Remarkably, this requirement can be imposed even when the application is generated and entirely owned by a private individual or company without government sponsorship or support.
Amazon considering flying warehouses for item delivery
New York: The e-commerce giant Amazon is considering flying warehouses called “airborne fulfilment centre “, utilising drones for item delivery, according to media reports. “The AFC may be an airship that remains at a high altitude of 45,000 feet and UAVs with ordered items may be deployed from the AFC to deliver items to user designated delivery locations,” technology website theverge.com reported.
Amazon patent reveals its drone-deploying flying warehouse plan
Amazon’s drone-delivery plans apparently don’t stop with using flying contraptions to ferry people’s purchases to their homes. Based on a patent it filed with the USPTO, the e-commerce giant dreams of launching big floating warehouses near crowded areas and happenings like sporting events.