Posts Tagged ‘Office’
Molecular Devices’ foundational planar patch-clamp patent upheld by European Patent Office
European Patent Office Appeal Board Rules in Favor of Alnylam’s Kreutzer-Limmer Patent
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—-Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that the Board of Appeals of the European Patent Office has ruled that claims of the Kreutzer-Limmer ’945 patent meet needed requirements under European patent law.
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants athenahealth a Patent for its Automated Implementation System for Medical …
WATERTOWN, Mass.—-athenahealth, Inc. , a leading provider of Internet-based business services to physician practices, today announced that on May 18, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued athenahealth a patent entitled, ‘Automated Configuration of Medical Practice Management Systems’ related to its automated Self-Service Implementation capability.
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Progen says European patent granted
Cancer drug developer Progen Pharmaceuticals Ltd says a European patent has been granted for a new technology therapeutic compound that it has licensed.
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Cisco Told to Pay Commil $3.7 Million Over Patent (Update1)
Cisco Systems Inc., the biggest maker of networking equipment, was told to pay $3.7 million in patent royalties to Commil USA LLC over technology that ensures laptops and mobile phones stay connected to wireless networks.
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Molecular Devices’ foundational planar patch-clamp patent upheld by European Patent Office
Molecular Devices today announced that European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld Molecular Devices foundational planar patch-clamp patent (EP No 1 040 349 B1). The board will issue a written decision to this effect in the near future. The ruling will be the final determination of the EPO and cannot be appealed.
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Patent office rejects Roche claim on eye drug
Groups attack House version of patent reform
A draft patent reform bill in the U.S, House of Representatives contained post-grant review provisions that would let infringers “subject valid patents to lengthy and repeat challenges,” according to a statement from the Innovation Alliance which represents a diverse set of electronics and biotech companies.
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S.Africa taps patent pool for neglected diseases
Source: Reuters * Government is first to use industry-backed patent pool * Aim is to develop low cost drugs for TB, malaria By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 5 (Reuters) – South Africa will use a new ” …
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The Hindu Business Line : Roche patent on HIV-related drug set aside, yet again
In a “curious” test of the Indian Patent Law, the Patent Office in Chennai has set aside a “patent” granted to Roche on its HIV-related drug Valganciclovir.
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EPO Issues Notice of Intent to Grant Alnylam Patent Covering siRNA Modifications
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals said this week that the European Patent Office has issued the company a notification of its intent to grant the company a patent covering “compositions and methods … for chemically modified siRNAs containing phosphorothioate and 2-O-alkyl modifications without any siRNA length restrictions.”
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Patent office rejects Roche claim on eye drug
Swiss drug multinational Roche AG suffered yet another setback in its ongoing patent fights in India after the Chennai patent office rejected its claim over Valcyte (valganciclovir).
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Copyright Board given own office in Delhi, court told
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Appeals court upholds ruling in Seinfeld cookbook case
The author of a children’s cookbook cannot copyright ideas for slipping vegetables into children’s food, a federal appeals court said in upholding a ruling in favor of the wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld in a copyright infringement case.
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Google Gets Favorable Ruling In Rosetta Stone Case
A lawsuit filed by language software firm Rosetta Stone against Google for copyright infringement has been dismissed by a federal judge. In its lawsuit, filed in July 2009 , Rosetta Stone alleged that Google allowed third parties including individuals involved in software piracy to purchase the right to use Rosetta Stone trademarks or other terms confusingly similar in Google’s Adwords …
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Court: Seinfeld had right recipe
The author of a children’s cookbook cannot copyright ideas for slipping vegetables into children’s food, a federal appeals court ruled.
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Copyright Board given own office in Delhi, court told
New Delhi, April 28: Almost five decades after its creation, the Copyright Board’s Delhi office, which was facing problems of paucity of space and manpower, has got a premises of its own, the Delhi High Court was informed Wednesday.
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