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Ways to Avoid Having your Patents Cellected*
Intellectual PropertyPharmaceutical
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit caused frustrations when it decided to affirm the U.S. Patent Office’s findings that claims in four patents were unpatentable because they are...Read more
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Xiaoguang Michelle Gao
Associate VP - Assistant General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company, USA
A Current Look at the State of Inequitable Conduct and Other Equitable Concerns
Intellectual PropertyPharmaceutical
Inequitable conduct is an “equitable defense to patent infringement that, if proved, bars enforcement of a patent. ” Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. , 649 F. 3d 1276,...Read more
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Xiaoguang Michelle Gao
Associate VP - Assistant General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company, USA
Creative Claiming Strategies
Intellectual PropertyHealthcare
Innovator companies in the biopharmaceutical space are looking to their patent counsel for creative patent claiming strategies to protect their assets. In this article, using the Federal Circuit opinions in...Read more
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Xiaoguang Michelle Gao
Associate VP - Assistant General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company, USA
Canadian Risky Business: Why Fair and Predictable Patentable Utility is Critical to Investments and Innovation
Intellectual PropertyPharmaceutical
Investment in innovation and procurement of patent protection within any jurisdiction is justified by reliance upon fair and predictable patent protection. For new investment within any particular jurisdiction, innovators expect...Read more
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Arvie Anderson
Assistant General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company, USA