The Supreme Court ruled that Congress erred when it set up a board to oversee patent disputes by failing to make the judges properly accountable to the president.
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Read More »June 21, 2021 Comments Off on Congress erred in patent dispute board setup, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court ruled that Congress erred when it set up a board to oversee patent disputes by failing to make the judges properly accountable to the president.
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Read More »April 24, 2018 Comments Off on Patent ‘death squad’ system upheld by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an administrative review system that has helped Google Inc., Apple Inc. and other companies invalidate hundreds of issued patents.
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Read More »July 6, 2017 Comments Off on Md. biotech firm to get European patent on leukemia drug candidate
A Maryland biotechnology company focused on cancer and sickle cell disease is set to receive a patent in Europe. The European Patent Office told GlycoMimetics Inc., which is based in Rockville, that it plans to grant a patent related to its ...
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Read More »December 14, 2015 Comments Off on Samsung asks Supreme Court to toss Apple iPhone victory
Samsung Electronics Co. is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a $399 million patent award it was ordered to pay Apple Inc. for copied iPhone designs, in what would be the court’s first case involving design patents in 120 ...
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Read More »September 28, 2015 Comments Off on Md. biopharm awarded monkey adenoviral vectors patents
Gaithersburg-based GenVec Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops therapeutics and vaccines, was awarded U.S. and European patents related to vaccine development, the company announced on Monday. U.S. patent 9133248 covers methods of propagating proprietary gene delivery adenovectors isolated from new and ...
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Read More »June 17, 2015 Comments Off on Army experts advising kids on science fair project patents
HUNT VALLEY — Today’s junior high school science fair projects just might become tomorrow’s big business ideas. Technology innovation experts from the U.S. Army are holding a workshop Wednesday in Hunt Valley to tell kids how to bring their inventions ...
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Read More »January 20, 2015 Comments Off on High court restores Teva’s win over generic-drug makers
Overturning the Federal Circuit, the Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in the company's high-profile patent dispute with rival firms over the top-selling multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone.
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Read More »January 8, 2015 Comments Off on Patent suits drop; tech firms still biggest targets as
Technology companies like Google Inc. and Apple Inc. remain the biggest targets of patent lawsuits even as the overall litigation totals dropped last year, according to a study released Thursday by Unified Patents.
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Read More »November 18, 2014 Comments Off on Watchdog: Patent telework program invites abuse
An internal watchdog says thousands of federal patent workers are allowed to work from home with little supervision and face almost no discipline even if they lie about the hours they put in.
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Read More »November 3, 2014 Comments Off on RegeneRx patents extended
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has extended three patents held by RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., of Rockville, the company announced. The extensions were based on new rules contained in the America Invents Act Technical Corrections Act. A patent for a ...
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