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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Dr. Caleb Bates focuses his practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent prosecution, strategic counseling, and worldwide patent portfolio management in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009. He received his J.D.,

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Fish & Richardson Expands Life Sciences Group with Addition of Principal Dr. Helen Baca

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Baca focuses her practice on IP portfolio management, strategic client counseling, and patent prosecution in diverse scientific and engineering fields. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2009, and her Ph.D. She received her J.D. from the University of Chicago in the Department of Chemistry in 2005.

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Raising the Bar Has Not Reduced the Patent Acceptance Rate in Australia

LexBlog IP

Between 2009 and 2013, the rate at which applications subject to the former (i.e. In particular, expedited examination under the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) program rose from just 2.7% Finally, the most recent data confirms (once again) that the duration of patent prosecution (i.e. in 2019/20.

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Delhi High Court grants interim injunction to Novartis against Natco’s use of Revolade patent 

SpicyIP

The Drug and the patent. The international filing date of the patent application for EO is May 21, 2003 and the proprietary right over EO was granted to GlaxoSmithKline LLC in 2009. Therefore, the patent will remain active till May 21, 2023, by the virtue of Section 53 (1) of the Patent Act. Relying on Novartis v.

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Foreign Prosecution History: To Admit, Or Not To Admit, That Remains a Puzzle To Canadian Courts

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

of the Patent Act has brought about a significant shift in the Canadian approach to file wrapper estoppel by enabling the introduction of a patent’s prosecution history during claim construction. and whether it should cover communications between patentees and foreign patent offices. TA Foods Ltd. 2021 FCA 7 Section 53.1

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Journey Through “Septembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

SpicyIP

One pertinent post on this subject was from this month in 2010 called the Patent Eligibility and the Logic of Law and Science. Basheer endorsed the point about testing patent agents on foundational legal subjects since a good part of patent prosecution will involve “legal” aspects, without requiring them to have a law degree to take the exam.

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EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

SpicyIP

In the Chemtura judgement (2009) concerning section 64(1)(m) (revocation for not furnishing Section 8 information), The Court emphasized on strict interpretation and application of the obligation. The implications of the amended Rules and TEPA are discussed later in the post.) However, in 2014, the Delhi High Court in Sukesh Behl V.

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