Patent Baristas

The Becoming a Radiologist Technician blog has listed its 50 Best Blogs for Biotech Students list to keep biotechnologists well-informed about changes in the field. The list includes many friends we follow closely and some new (to us) blogs worth checking out.
The list includes many favorites like these:
1. Biotech Blog by Yali Friedman.
2. The [...]

Jim Greenwood, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is asking those in the biotech industry to support their work and connect you with others across the industry by joining the IAmBiotech community today.

Every day, the men and women in the biotech industry work to solve our most daunting challenges. From the [...]

At the BIO’s IPCC Conference today, attendees were treated to a look at pending cases that concern biotech.
John Dragseth, a Partner at Fish & Richardson, gave an overview of the Mayo v. Prometheus case after filing a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court just hours earlier.  The Federal Circuit, reversing the [...]

The NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA) tries to promote science, safety, and ethics in biotechnology through advancement of knowledge, enhancement of public understanding, and development of public policies. The OBA manages the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS), which advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the broad range [...]

IAmBiotech, an online hub for showcasing the passion of the researchers, patients, farmers, and other innovators who are finding solutions through biotechnology, is looking for input from the biotech community.
They have launched a survey to see how the biotech community is using social media to connect with one another online.  Do you think Facebook can [...]

Earlier, Amgen tried to stop the importation of recombinant human erythropoietin and derivatives (EPO) by filing a complaint with the International Trade Commission that is was a violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Amgen charged that the imported EPO and the process by which it is produced in Europe are [...]

In celebration of Earth Day, IAmBiotech and their “sister site” WhatCanBiotechDoForYou are spreading the word about the many ways biotechnology is helping save our environment.  The evolution of biotech has resulted in developments and new technologies that are helping to feed, fuel and heal the world.  Through sustainable agriculture and renewable fuels and products, the [...]

In In re Kubin (08-1184), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences was correct to hold claims as unpatentably obvious when applicants use “conventional techniques” to make an invention.  This is bad news not just for biotech but for [...]