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Topic: intellectual property

7 things you should know about protecting IP under the updated patent laws

7 things you should know about protecting IP under the updated patent laws

May 8, 2013 7:09 pm by | 1 Comments

Passed in September 2011, the final phases of the America Invents Act went into effect in March. Cyrus Morton, a partner at the Minneapolis office of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & ... Read more
Imagine a world where you fear patent trolls at all times. It’s here.

Imagine a world where you fear patent trolls at all times. It’s here.

March 12, 2013 5:54 pm by | 0 Comments

This post was written by Josh Hartwell, the CEO of game company Mobile Deluxe. We have an incentive system at work in the apps ecosystem. Angry Birds has been downloaded ... Read more
India board rules against Bayer in cancer drug patent case

India board rules against Bayer in cancer drug patent case

March 4, 2013 9:39 am by | 0 Comments

An Indian patent appeals board upheld on Monday a decision to allow a domestic company to sell a generic version of Bayer AG's cancer drug Nexavar, in a blow for ... Read more
Why copyright law won’t be able to keep up with the crazy world of 3D printing

Why copyright law won’t be able to keep up with the crazy world of 3D printing

March 2, 2013 10:32 am by | 3 Comments

If you’re trying to understand how existing intellectualpropertylaw applies to 3D printing, let me save you some time: It’s a complete mess.

From top to bottom, 3D printing raises more legal ... Read more

Crowdfunding university research and tech commercialization: 6 sites that are doing it

Crowdfunding university research and tech commercialization: 6 sites that are doing it

February 13, 2013 3:28 pm by | 1 Comments

A piece in Forbes this week calls attention to a recent trend in technology commercialization at universities: the use of crowdfunding.The article focused on a collaboration between the University of ... Read more
Is a patent troll watching your business now?

Is a patent troll watching your business now?

February 9, 2013 10:08 am by | 0 Comments

Patent trolls, a common term for non-practicing entities (NPEs), are shell companies that do not design, manufacture or distribute products. Rather, their sole purpose is to acquire and license patents ... Read more
Organizations pivot to deal with patent law changes

Organizations pivot to deal with patent law changes

February 2, 2013 9:44 pm by | 0 Comments

New provisions in U.S. patent law are pushing organizations intent on protecting their intellectual property to rethink the best way to achieve their goal.Here in the Triangle, where universities and ... Read more
IP Factory succeeds with tech transfer by bringing stalled corporate projects back to life

IP Factory succeeds with tech transfer by bringing stalled corporate projects back to life

November 1, 2012 4:02 pm by | 0 Comments

The CEO of IP Factory is making smart bets on tech transfer by seeking out products developed by private industries that for some reason have not been brought to market, ... Read more
21-year-old biotech leader: How I waged a tech transfer debate & won nondilutive funding

21-year-old biotech leader: How I waged a tech transfer debate & won nondilutive funding

August 14, 2012 8:17 am by | 4 Comments

Last summer, when regenerative medicine company Stem Cell Theranostics went through the StartX accelerator program at Stanford University along with one other biotech company, the team members realized that many ... Read more
Protecting your IP: Q&A with a patent attorney about China and the AIA

Protecting your IP: Q&A with a patent attorney about China and the AIA

May 17, 2012 1:40 pm by | 0 Comments

Patent laws are changing.The America Invents Act has shifted U.S. patent laws to a “first-to-file” system from a “first-to-invent” system, according to attorney Steven Auvil, chair of the intellectual property ... Read more
PU tech transfer chief: ‘Keep breathing innovative thinking into your OTC’

PU tech transfer chief: ‘Keep breathing innovative thinking into your OTC’

May 15, 2012 9:38 am by | 0 Comments

Purdue University spun off 11 new companies in 2010, making it the sixth most successful university technology commercialization program in the country for creating startups, according to the Association of ... Read more
Patent award to BDSI triggers $15M milestone payment from Endo Pharma

Patent award to BDSI triggers $15M milestone payment from Endo Pharma

April 17, 2012 10:30 am by | 0 Comments

A drug delivery technology patent awarded to BioDelivery Sciences International (NASDAQ:BDSI) has triggered a $15 million milestone payment from drug partner Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENDP).Raleigh, North Carolina-based BDSI said today that ... Read more
Patent box? Ticked. GSK’s $800M plans show Europe’s tax edge over U.S.

Patent box? Ticked. GSK’s $800M plans show Europe’s tax edge over U.S.

March 22, 2012 5:05 pm by | 0 Comments

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) is investing nearly $800 million to build a new manufacturing plant in the United Kingdom, part of a capital investment effort that could create 1,000 new jobs.The new ... Read more
BCRX challenges Biota patent, claims its hepatitis C compound was first

BCRX challenges Biota patent, claims its hepatitis C compound was first

March 14, 2012 2:31 pm by | 1 Comments

The experimental hepatitis C treatment that BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX) wants to take into clinical trials this year has run into an unexpected hitch: a patent for the compound was awarded ... Read more
Drug delivery technology from BDSI withstands MonoSol patent challenge

Drug delivery technology from BDSI withstands MonoSol patent challenge

February 22, 2012 12:32 pm by | 0 Comments

Drug delivery technology developed by BioDelivery Sciences International (NASDAQ:BDSI) has withstood another patent challenge from competitor MonoSol Rx.Specialty pharmaceutical company BDSI said that the U.S Patent and Trademark Office has ... Read more