As part of our Supporting Sponsorship of the BioOhio Annual Conference: 2020 Vision, we have one complimentary registration to share. Just be the first person to send us your name and email address by 5:00 pm EST tomorrow, Oct. 19th, and we’ll get your registration fee taken care of on us! We think that’s pretty […]

The Economic Importance of the US-India Relationship featuring Congressman Steve Chabot Congressman Chabot will discuss Washington’s role in helping US companies do business in India. He is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on The Middle East And South Asia. October 19, 2011, 6:00-9:00 PM | Frost, Brown Todd Offices 3300 Great American Tower, 301 East […]

What BioOhio Annual Conference: 2020 Vision 2020 Visionaries: Ohio experts highlight opportunities and trends in their respective niches Keynote: BIO President & CEO Jim Greenwood discusses the future of biotech and the bioscience industry Workforce & Education: how industry can better utilize and customize community college programs for workforce, and how undergraduate and graduate programs […]

Yesterday, Commissioner Robert L. Stoll talked about the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act at the 21st All Ohio Annual Institute on Intellectual Property here in beautiful, downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. While only a cursory review, Stoll went down the highlights of the provisions that need to be understood now. 15% Surcharge The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law […]

What: American Conference Institute’s Biotech Patents Conference:  Practical Strategies for Prosecuting and Litigating Biotech Patents in a Rapidly Shifting Legal Environment. The biotech industry faces massive, imminent, change with patent reform nearing passage, impending promulgation of biosimilar pathway regulations from the FDA, the continued evolution of case law from the Federal Circuit and an unusually […]

Celebrating 30 years of Biotechnology Innovation: From Diamond v. Chakrabarty to Today Thursday June 30, 2011 9:00-11:00AM Walter E. Washington Convention Center Room 102AB This event co-sponsored by the US Patent and Trademark Office, The Biotechnology Industry Organization and the Biojudiciary Project  will  celebrate the 30th anniversary of the issuance of the patent from the […]

You can keep up with what’s happening at BIO 2011 on BIOTechNOW (@BIOTechNOW) plus all the BIO Official Bloggers hitting the floor at the convention. I’ll be in attendance as well as participating in the BIO Official Blogger network throughout the week.   If you’d like to meet up during the conference, drop me a […]

If you’re attending the BIO International Convention in Washington, DC on June 27-30th here are some of the sessions covering issues in biotech patenting and technology transfer: Drug Patent Linkage and Compulsory Licensing – Challenges of Working Patented Inventions in India for Pharma Sector Monday, June 27, 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm.  The session deals […]