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Track One Patent Applications: Accelerating Your Path to Patent Protection

Larson & Larson

Track One Patent Applications: Accelerating Your Path to Patent Protection After nearly 15 years of shepherding inventors through the patent process, I’ve seen firsthand how crucial timing can be in protecting intellectual property. Here’s what you need to know about this accelerated pathway to patent protection.

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Whither goest the patent troll?

The IPKat

First, for the sake of good order, Lederer means by the term patent trolls an abuse of the patent system, in which— low-quality patents that are asserted against innovative companies by entities that often don’t even make any products. The root source of this situation, according to Lederer, is the patent prosecution process.

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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. in biology and society from Cornell University in 2011. He received his J.D., He received his J.D.

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HOW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW CAN SOLVE LITIGATION SURROUNDING THE HATCH-WAXMAN ACT BROUGHT BY THE COURT’S DECISION IN BRAEBURN V. FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION

JIPL Online

Litigation surrounding the three-year market exclusivity provision shows us not only how inherently ambiguous the provision is but also the need for a clearly defined standard. Hopefully, with these suggestions, litigation surrounding this inherently ambiguous statute will diminish. 314.50 (2011). Policy considerations.

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Prioritized Examination: Why Filing a Track One Application Makes Sense

IP Watchdog

Prioritized examination, known sometimes as “Track One,” has been in place at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the past 12 years. The program, launched in September 2011 provides applicants with greater control over how quickly a patent application will be examined and offers a fast-track to an issued U.S.

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Patent Law and the False Claims Act.

Patently-O

government and will then receive a portion of any recovered damages (15-30% depending upon whether the Gov’t steps in to do the litigating). Here, the basis of Silbersher claim stem from the prosecution history files of the Allergan patent applications. 401 (2011) (interpreting a prior version of the Act).

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Fish & Richardson Principal Jeffrey Mok Named a 2022 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and Associates Excylyn Hardin-Smith and Usman Khan Selected for the Pathfinder Program

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

The Fellows program launched in 2011 and was designed for lawyers with eight to 15 years of experience. Mok is a principal in Fish’s New York office and focuses his practice on IP litigation and counseling for domestic and international companies. and international patent prosecution. Mok received his J.D.