Biotechnology and Life Sciences

Law of Nature or Patentable Discovery?

May 1, 2012 Reprinted with permission from Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Personalized Medicine Diagnostic Patents

November 2011 Reprinted with permission from Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Difficulty in Patenting Improved Antibodies: Courts Increasingly Invalidating Claims for Lacking Written Description

May 1, 2011 As published in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Biotechnology Patent Validity in Jeopardy: Recent Decisions on Qualifying Subject Matter Weaken Enforceability of Method Claims

October 1, 2010 Posted with permission Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Patent Law Reform in the Works Again

May 1, 2010 Posted with permission Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

DNA - Not Patentable Subject Matter ...

March 31, 2010 Reprinted with permission, Intellectual Property Law360, http://www.law360.com/

Certainty Not Required for Inventorship

November 1, 2009 Reprinted with permission Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Upcoming Changes to European Patent Examination Procedures

August 2009 Reprinted with permission Patent Strategy & Management

Special Report: Patentability of Genetic Sequences Limited

May 13, 2009 Posted with permission Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Is Safe Harbor Closed to Research Tools?

November 1, 2008 Reprinted with permission from Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, Volume 28, Number 19

Redefining Written Descriptions for Patents

October 15, 2008 Reprinted with permission Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, Vol. 28, No. 18

Abbreviated Approval of Generic Biologics

December 2006 Reprinted with permission, Genetic Engineering News

Analysis of a Patent Applicant's Obligations

May 2006 Reprinted with permission, Genetic Engineering News

Safe Harbor Provisions for Preclinical Research

August 2005 Reprinted with permission, Genetic Engineering News

Currently Evolving Regulatory and Patent Issues Affecting Biotechnology

June 2005 Reprinted with permission, Genetic Engineering News

As the Federal Circuit Turns: The Supreme Court's Consideration of Merck v. Integra and the Safe-Harbor Provision

Spring 2005 Posted with permission from The John Marshall Law Review of Intellectual Property Law

The Evolution of Patent Infringement

April 2005 Posted with permission from Corporate Legal Times

The Create Act of 2004

December 10, 2004 Posted with permission from Intellectual Asset Management

Biotech Roundtable: University Start-Up Patent Licensing Tactics

December 2004 Posted with permission from Genetic Engineering News

Description Requirements for Patenting Genes

November 1, 2004 Posted with permission from Genetic Engineering News, Volume 24, Number 19

Biotechnology Startups: Protect Ideas and Avoid Expensive Litigation

June 2004 Posted with permission from Corporate Legal Times

IP Litigation is Virtually Assured for Generic Drug Makers

June 2004 Posted with permission from Corporate Legal Times

Experimental Uses and Research Tool Licensing

Fall 2003

Securing Legal Protection For The Innovations of Start-Up & Small Companies

August 2003

The Madrid Protocol: Impact of U.S. Adherence on Trademark Law and Practice

April 2003 Reprinted with Permission, International Trademark Association

Intellectual Property Considerations in Early Stage Venture Capital Transactions

March 2003

Recent Patent Reforms: Publication of Patent Applications

November 28, 2000