Patent Prosecution Update
April 2010
Patent Reform Continues to Focus on
Post-Grant Challenges
Congress’s long-running efforts toward a compromise on patent reform legislation took another turn last month. On March 4, the Senate Judiciary Committee released an amendment to that legislation. The amendment replaces the bill approved by the Committee on April 2, 2009, without requiring any further Committee action. More
EPO News
On February 19, 2010, an Enlarged Board of Appeals (Board) at the European Patent Office (EPO) concluded that Swiss-style claims will no longer be acceptable at the EPO. Prior to the Board’s decision, two types of medical-use claims were accepted by the EPO. The first and broadest type—the first medical-use claim—typically took the following form: “compound [X] for use as a medicament.” More
Patent Reform Continues to Focus on
Post-Grant Challenges
Congress’s long-running efforts toward a compromise on patent reform legislation took another turn last month. On March 4, the Senate Judiciary Committee released an amendment to that legislation. The amendment replaces the bill approved by the Committee on April 2, 2009, without requiring any further Committee action. More
EPO News
On February 19, 2010, an Enlarged Board of Appeals (Board) at the European Patent Office (EPO) concluded that Swiss-style claims will no longer be acceptable at the EPO. Prior to the Board’s decision, two types of medical-use claims were accepted by the EPO. The first and broadest type—the first medical-use claim—typically took the following form: “compound [X] for use as a medicament.” More
PTA Still Pestering USPTO
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The Federal Circuit Says
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Did You Know?
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Events
Finnegan’s Annual Brussels Seminar - U.S. Patent Law Update
SpringPosium 2010
European and U.S. Patent Portfolio Management
Articles
On the Horizon: A New Federal Circuit—Part I
On the Horizon: A New Federal Circuit—Part II
Patent Term After Wyeth v. Kappos
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