House Passes Three Bipartisan Cybersecurity Bills to Protect Critical...
On July 28, 2014, the House of Representatives passed three bills aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity efforts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in certain critical infrastructure sectors,...
View ArticleNovartis Pharms. Corp. v. Par Pharm., Inc. (D. Del.)
Nature of the Case and Issue(s) Presented: Novartis sued Watson and Par alleging infringement of the patents-in-suit. Both patents share the same specification. The ’031 and ’023 patents claim...
View ArticleManatt on Medicaid: CMS Launches Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program to...
On July 14 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP), an initiative to provide $100 million in federal funding for technical...
View ArticleFDA Releases Details of New Framework for Laboratory Developed Tests Regulation
FDA sends notice to Congress on LDTs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified Congress that it intends to issue draft guidance to propose a risk-based, phased-in framework for...
View ArticleStatus Updates - July 2014 #14
..Going mainstream. For the first time, both Twitter and Facebook are seeing significant growth in online advertising placed by major companies for brands such as Heineken, Tide, McDonald’s, and...
View ArticleSenate Intelligence Committee Approves Cybersecurity Bill
The Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8th voted 12-3 to approve a cybersecurity bill authored by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss...
View ArticleEnergy Technology Connections: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News - August 2014
In This Issue: - Leaders in the News - Washington Update - Event Highlights - Innovator Profile - Energy Navigator - Upcoming Events - Excerpt from Washington Update: On July 10, the House passed its...
View ArticleThe Federal Circuit Reverse a Finding of Anticipation of the PTAB in Inter...
In re Rambus, Inc. - Addressing a finding of anticipation by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an inter partes review, the U.S. Court of...
View ArticleVirtual Currencies: New York State Department of Financial Services Releases...
As the first of their kind, the proposed regulations may add legitimacy to virtual currencies, but the new regulatory regime could stifle innovation and development. On July 23, 2014, the New York...
View ArticleSocial Media Policy: It’s Only As Effective as the Social Media Training That...
With the rise of the internet and mobile technology, people are broadcasting their opinions and beliefs on social media sites. Twitter was established as an outlet for self expression… of the...
View ArticleWhat’s an MDDS? And Why Should I Care?
Last month the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced still further relaxation of its oversight over anything qualifying as a “medical device data system,” or MDDS. The announcement should come...
View ArticleEmployment Law Commentary -- Volume 26, Issue 7 July 2014 -- Building A...
Last month’s Employment Law Commentary discussed the high level of international attention now being paid to protecting trade secrets from misappropriation, with recommendations for practical steps...
View ArticleSHARKNADO Trademark: Toothless Wonder?
In case you missed SHARKNADO last year, fear not, the sequel SHARKNADO 2 — The Second One, is taking the country by storm, and it is reportedly even better than the first SHARKNADO film. Not having...
View ArticleObviousness Only Requires Reasonable Expectation of Success of One Compound...
Allergan, Inc. v. Apotex Inc. - Addressing the issue of showing a reasonable expectation of success when making obviousness combinations in the context of broad genus claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals...
View ArticleUkraine Crisis Update: EU Enacts Sanctions Targeting Military Exports, Oil...
The EU’s “Stage 3” sanctions restrict exports to the Russian military, exports of certain technologies for the oil industry, and certain Russian State-owned banks’ access to EU capital markets. New EU...
View ArticleFive Key Takeaways From ICANN 50 in London
The 50th Meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) took place in London from June 22–26. This marked the first time that an ICANN meeting has been held in London, and...
View ArticleIP Buzz - July 2014
In this issue: - Using Copyright to Protect Your Brand’s Characters - The Duke Versus The Blue Devils: Who Has Trademark Rights to "Duke" Alcohol? - The USPTO Issues Guidelines for Subject Matter...
View ArticleA Compound Is Obvious Where Only Minor Changes to a Prior Art “Lead Compound”...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharms USA, Inc. - Addressing the obviousness of a claimed compound where a person of skill would need to make only minor changes to a lead compound to arrive at the...
View ArticleNews Media Touts “Findings” of New Study on Fracking Wells Leaks, But Fails...
New unconventional fracking wells leak far more than older traditional gas wells, says a smattering of news media outlets reviewing a new study released by the Proceedings of National Academy of...
View ArticleFCA guidance for firms thinking of using third-party technology...
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a document setting out a list of points for financial services firms to consider when preparing for and evaluating third-party technology banking...
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