Shortly after we posted about Moderna, Inc.’s October 2020 pledge not to enforce its COVID-19-related patents during the pandemic, the
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Bigfoot Biomedical® Secures up to $57 Million in Financing from Madryn Asset Management
Bigfoot Biomedical®, a Milpitas, CA emerging company, recently announced that it has secured new financing of up to $57
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Intent-to-Use Applications: Pros and Cons
Owning a federal trademark registration provides the ability to exclude others from using a certain word or design in association
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Patent Strategy Should Consider Examiner Incentives
Patent examiners operate under a complex network of production and quality incentives that influence the likelihood that an examiner will
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IP Assignment Considerations for Emerging Companies
Founders of emerging companies must decide early on in their company’s growth cycle whether to require employees to assign their
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Considerations for Protecting your Invention with Provisional Patent Applications
Since the U.S. patent law switched to the first-inventor-to-file system in 2013, provisional applications have become more popular as the
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Dana-Farber Launches New Fund to Support Oncology Startups
2021 started off well for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, with the launch of its new venture fund, Binney Street Capital,
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Microsoft Partners with Broad Institute and Verily to Expand Terra Platform for Biomedical Research
On January 11, 2020, the Broad Institute, Verily Life Sciences, and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership to accelerate biomedical innovations
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Practice Tips: Fair Use of a Trademark (Part II)
Sometimes it is necessary to use a third-party trademark to refer to the owner of a trademark or its goods
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USPTO Incentive Policies Influence Patentability Decisions
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office human resource policies influence patentability decisions, potentially increasing the rate at which examiners issue allowances.
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