Only days after lifting the nationwide preliminary injunction, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated their decision to stay the
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Update: Corporate Transparency Act Reinstated by Appeals Court: January 1 Deadline Looms
As an update to our posts on the ongoing attempts to block the Corporate Transparency Act, on December 23, 2024…
Continue Reading Update: Corporate Transparency Act Reinstated by Appeals Court: January 1 Deadline LoomsUpdate: The Corporate Transparency Act Put On Hold
As an update to our post on the Corporate Transparency Act, on December 3, 2024, a federal district court issued…
Continue Reading Update: The Corporate Transparency Act Put On HoldMeating of the Minds: Impossible Foods and Motif Foodworks Settle High Profile Patent Dispute in District Court
The food tech industry has been growing and evolving rapidly in the last ten years due to technological innovations in…
Continue Reading Meating of the Minds: Impossible Foods and Motif Foodworks Settle High Profile Patent Dispute in District CourtGene Therapy Approvals Gain Steam in 2023: Treatments Offer New Hopes for Rare Diseases
After decades of intense scientific research into developing gene editing technologies, and more than a few setbacks, the field has…
Continue Reading Gene Therapy Approvals Gain Steam in 2023: Treatments Offer New Hopes for Rare DiseasesPatent Invalid Due to Trade Show Demonstration More Than One Year Before Filing Date
In a cautionary tale for inventors participating in trade shows and other non-confidential presentations, on February 15, 2023, the U.S.
Continue Reading Patent Invalid Due to Trade Show Demonstration More Than One Year Before Filing DateGeographical Indications in the EU: A Step Forward in the Protection of Traditional Artisanal Skills
On April 13, 2022, the European Commission submitted a proposed regulation on the protection of Geographical Indications for Craft and…
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Arbutus and Genevant Sue Moderna in First Significant Patent Infringement Lawsuit in the mRNA Space
In the first major patent infringement lawsuit in the mRNA space, on February 28, 2022, Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (“Arbutus”) and…
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PTAB Sides with Broad in Patent Dispute over CRISPR Gene Editing of Eukaryotic Cells
On February 28, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a decision in Interference No. 106,115, which granted…
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Delaware Judge Denies Sarepta Protection Under Hatch-Waxman “Safe Harbor”
On January 4, 2022, Judge Andrews from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware denied Sarepta Therapeutics,…
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