Yali Friedman, chief science office at New Economy Strategies and author of Building Biotechnology and the BiotechBlog, recently set out his picks for the top-5 must read blogs for keeping track of all the developments in biotechnology. The following blogs are his picks as best-in-class and should be an integral part of your daily read […]
In Pharmastem Therapeutics v. ViaCell (No. 05-1490/1551) , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld an earlier decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware that ViaCell, through its marketing of ViaCord does not infringe PharmaStem’s U.S. Patent No. 5,192,553 and U.S. Patent No. 5,004,681, which relate to certain […]
Patent law is seldom full of drama so it is with great excitement that we watch the latest little interlude unfold. This one involves law, politics and intellectual property — often the staple of dramatic television shows. Our story starts back in April 2007, when Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez appointed Margaret J.A. Peterlin, formerly a […]
Despite the complaints directed to the Office of Management and Budget, OMB has given its thumbs-up to the USPTO’s proposed rules on continuations and claims: RIN: 0651-AB93, Changes to Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims (Fed. Reg. 71: 48-61 (January 3, 2006) (“Continuations Rule”) RIN: 0651-AB94, […]
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., No. 05-1492, drove another nail in the coffin of the doctrine of equivalents. This case — pending for almost twenty years and before the Supreme Court twice and twice at the CAFC en banc — looks at the scope […]
In a letter to Stephen S. McMillin, Deputy Director at the Office of Management and Budget, David Boundy of Cantor Fitzgerald expressed concerns of industry groups about the budget effects of the USPTO’s proposed rules on continuations and claims. The proposed regulations would limit an applicant’s ability to file no more than one continuation application. This […]
Well, it seems that the reason my Feedburner RSS feed subscribers has remained at zero is that the feed link listed on the side of the Patent Baristas site listed the wrong feed address, i.e., there were some extraneous characters on the end of the address. The proper Feedburner address for subscribing to the Barista […]
In a letter to Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, the Department of Justice waded into the cesspool of patent reform throwing out its opinion on the provisions of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, S. 1145 and H.R. 1908. Among other critiques having to do with venue and appeals of Markman […]
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Editor-in-Chief Barista Stephen Jenei is a patent attorney and Owner of Jenei LLC. When not serving up patent chat over a steaming cup of java, he's handling a diverse intellectual property practice in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical fields. More info @ Jenei LLC
