PTO Patent Examinations in the wake of Mayo and Myriad
Biotech patent applicants are finding themselves in uncharted waters. After the Supreme Court’s decisions in Mayo Collaborative Svs. v. Prometheus Labs and Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad...
View ArticleDetailed Report Examines the Crucial Role of Patents in Genetic Testing
In The Critical Role of Patents in the Development, Commercialization, and Utilization of Innovative Genetic Diagnostic Tests, Professor Holman argues that advocates for weakening patent protection...
View ArticleBIO Submits Joint Supplemental Comments on the USPTO March Guidance
Last week BIO, alongside a number of member companies and private individuals, submitted supplemental comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office concerning their March 2014 Guidance on patent...
View ArticlePatently Biotech’s Top Articles of 2014
It’s been a whirlwind year for IP. From international trade negotiations, to revised PTO guidelines and dropping patent case stats, intellectual property is on the brain and in the news. Here are...
View ArticleUSPTO Issues New Myriad Guidance
On Tuesday, December 16 the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a revised guidance on subject matter eligibility under § 101 in light of recent Supreme Court Decisions in Alice v. CLS...
View ArticleBIO Deputy General Counsel Remarks on Revised Eligibility Guidance
Hans Sauer, BIO’s Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property recently spoke at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s public forum on patent-eligible subject matter. The forum was a chance for...
View ArticleBIO IPCC Spring Conference Program Announced
BIO’s 2015 IP Counsels Committee Spring Conference & Meeting will be held April 15-17 in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Four Seasons St. Louis Hotel. The biannual conference offers timely, relevant...
View ArticleBIO and University Organizations offer Support of STRONG Patents Act
On March 4, 2015, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced a new bill, The STRONG Patents Act of 2015. Sponsored alongside Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), the bill is offered as a...
View ArticleRegister for the 2015 BIO IP & Diagnostics Symposium!
The Third Annual BIO IP & Diagnostics Symposium takes place on September 18, 2015 in Alexandria, Virginia! Have you reserved your seat at the Symposium yet? Space is limited. Register today. The...
View ArticleWhat We’ll Be Talking about at the BIO Spring IPCC Conference
It’s time once again for BIO’s Spring IPCC Conference! BIO’s biannual Intellectual Property Counsels Committee Conference provides informative and interesting educational sessions on what’s happening...
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