| INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BROWN BAG LUNCHEON SERIES
Sponsored with Suffolk University Law School's IP Law Concentration
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Registration Information
About The Series The goal of the Luncheon Series is to establish a forum where local practitioners, alumni and current students may come together to informally discuss practice problems and recent developments in the law. The series is intended to ease the transition from law school to practice. Roundtable discussions may provide solutions to practice problems, as well as an opportunity to discuss new law and develop practice strategies. The series will also create networking and referral opportunities for local attorneys and alumni. This is a public interest service intended to provide an educational forum for members of the bar.
Ariad v. Eli Lilly:
Written Description as a Function of Enablement Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will rehear Ariad Pharmaceuticals, et al. v. Eli Lilly and Co. (Fed. Cir. 2009) en banc. In Ariad, the Federal Circuit invalidated a patent, directed to modifying activity of a transcription factor, NF-kB, for failure to meet the “written description requirement” of 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. The issues on rehearing will be whether the written description requirement is separate from the “enablement requirement” of the same paragraph and, if so, its scope and purpose.
Faculty:
Scott Pierce, of Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. Published a paper on the written description requirement (N. Scott Pierce, “University of Rochester v. G.D. Searle & Co.: Writing on the Wall,” 4 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 406 (2005)). He will argue that courts, despite assertions that the written description and enablement requirements are separate, have applied the written description requirement as a function of enablement. Compliance has been measured by the ability of one skilled in the art to comprehend from the specification, as filed, the scope of the invention claimed. The possible implications of this interpretation of the written description requirement on the facts of Ariad will be discussed.
The Brown Bag Lunch Is FREE.
However we ask that you register in advance to reserve a seat. Lunch Is Not Included.
Please bring your own brown bag lunch. We will provide coffee, cold drinks and dessert.
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but plese register in advance to reserve a seat or call to confirm space availability.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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