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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Five Years Ago Today . . .

On March 11, 2020, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declared that the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterized as a pandemic," and cautioned that the WHO has "rung the alarm bell loud and clear."  At...more

Goodwin

FDA Platform Technology Draft Guidance Highlights Utility of Obscure Patent Term Extension Provision

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As discussed in a prior Goodwin Alert, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released Draft Guidance for designating a platform technology for drug development pursuant to § 560k of the Federal Food, Drug, and...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Expedited Examination Programs at the USPTO: What To Know to Secure Your Patent Promptly

From the moment a new invention or technology is realized, the race to patent the invention has begun. Anyone can apply for a patent to protect their inventions, discoveries and technologies at the U.S. Patent and Trademark...more

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Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2022

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As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more

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USPTO Proposes To Require Electronic PTE Applications

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The USPTO has issued proposed rules to make permanent a Covid-19-related change in the manner in which applications for patent term extension under 35 USC § 156 are to be filed. While the Covid-19-related changes permitted...more

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3 KEY TAKEAWAYS: Making the Most of COVID Regulatory Changes

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Nicki Kennedy -- a Kilpatrick Townsend partner who is a registered patent attorney concentrating her practice on patent-related matters with a focus on client counseling, patent prosecution, domestic and international patent...more

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Pfizer And BioNTech Claim Immunity From COVID-19 Vaccine Testing IP Claim

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Pfizer and BioNTech recently asked the Southern District of California to dismiss a patent infringement claim from Allele Biotechnology related to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine. Allele holds a patent for a...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Rare Disease: Sustained Progress In Development Regardless Of The Pandemic

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Sunday, February 28, 2021, was Rare Disease Day. With so much focus on COVID-19 throughout 2020, it’s important to recognize the continued work done in rare disease drug development by sponsors and FDA throughout 2020. In...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 36th Annual FDA Boot Camp - March 24th - 25th, 8:15 am - 1:45 pm EDT

ACI’s FDA Boot Camp returns in a completely interactive virtual format to help life sciences attorneys and executives to master the fundamentals of FDA Regulation... Gain essential working knowledge of core FDA concepts,...more

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President Signs Consolidated Appropriations Act Including Biosimilars Related Provisions

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On December 27, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes two provisions relevant to biosimilars: First, Section 322 of Division BB permits but does not require aBLAs to include information...more

Haug Partners LLP

When the “States” Come Marching-In: The Bayh-Dole Act’s Effect on IP Rights of COVID-Related Patents and Knowledge Ecology...

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On August 4, 2020, a bipartisan coalition of over 30 attorneys general led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry sent a letter request to United States Health and Human...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Trade Secret Protection & the COVID-19 Cure: Observations on Federal Policy-Making & Potential Impact on Biomedical Advances

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout the United States and Americans anxiously await the arrival of a vaccine, biotech companies are grappling with the uncertainty of patent protection for COVID related biomedical...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 11th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics - September 23rd - 24th, 7:45 am - 5:00 pm ET

This year, the BPCIA turns 10! As we prepare to enter the next decade of this revolutionary law, we cordially invite you to join us for ACI’s 11th Annual Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics Summit, in a fully virtual,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

USPTO Launches COVID-19 Prioritized Patent Application Examination Pilot

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After offering to expedite review of trademark applications for COVID-19 products and services, the USPTO has now launched a prioritized examination pilot program for certain patent applications “that claim products or...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

USPTO Announces a New Initiative to Expedite Examination of COVID-19 Related Patent Applications

The USPTO has authorized an initiative to prioritize examination of patent applications having COVID-19 uses that would require FDA approval. A pilot program only for small and micro entities has been implemented effective...more

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PTO Fast Tracks COVID-19 Patent And Trademark Applications

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has established a new program for prioritized examination for patent applications for inventions related to COVID-19 and for trademark applications for marks used for certain...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Webinar] Gauging the Impact of COVID-19 Across the Global IP Market: Lessons Learned from the Novel Coronavirus - June 24th,...

Hear from the FDA and the leaders of the biosimilars and innovator biologics industries about the impact of the pandemic on the global IP market and gain practical guidance for what is coming down the pipeline. The novel...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

COVID-19 Patent Applications Offered Prioritized Examination by the U.S. Patent Office

Starting in May of 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (U.S. Patent Office) has initiated a pilot program for prioritized examination of non-provisional patent applications which cover inventions related to...more

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COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program

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Small business efforts to patent technology which deals with the COVID-19 outbreak will be getting a boost thanks to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)...more

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U.S. Patent Office Implements COVID-19 Pilot Program for Prioritized Examination

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has introduced a pilot program to provide prioritized patent examination for patent applications that cover a product or process related to COVID-19. The product or...more

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COVID-19: Prioritized Patent Application Examination and Patents 4 Partnerships

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently launched two new initiatives to support COVID-19 innovations: 1) a COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program, and 2) Patents 4 Partnerships that provides...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

COVID-19 Prioritized Examination

On May 8, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new program for expediting certain COVID-19 related patent applications. Under the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program, the USPTO...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New Pilot Program Announced by the USPTO for COVID-19 Related Applications

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On May 8, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (US PTO) announced a new COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program. The new pilot program provides an expedited prosecution of COVID-19-related patent...more

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Considerations for 3D Printing of Medical Devices, Accessories, Components and Parts During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The medical device industry and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been experimenting with three-dimensional (3D) printing for years. Shortages of medical devices such as personal protective equipment (PPE) and...more

Blank Rome LLP

Special Exemptions from Product and Patent Liability for COVID-19 Countermeasures

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On March 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published in the Federal Register a “notice of declaration” conferring broad-based immunity from tort (including product liability) litigation for...more

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