On August 27, 2015, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced funding for two projects focused on the development of next-generation biofuels. Texas A&M University will receive up to $2.5 million to support its efforts in developing a single-unit...
The defendants filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings for invalidity under § 101. The motion was granted. The plaintiff’s claim construction was adopted for purposes of the motion. The Court then applied the two-step Alice framework and...
On July 15, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published proposed revisions to the regulations implementing the physician self-referral law, or Stark Law. If enacted, these revisions could allow healthcare providers...
The Winston-Salem Journal (my hometown paper – yay!) reports that a company is suing a former employee in the North Carolina Business Court for breach of his confidentiality and non-compete agreements.* *The article ran in the Winston-Salem...
The current continuing resolution (CR) is set to expire at midnight in two weeks, Friday, September 18, but House and Senate leadership remain optimistic that they won’t need another CR. Conference committee members for House Bill 97, the 2015...
The defendant sought to engage in the commercial exploitation of generic versions of Safyral® and Beyaz®, which are covered by plaintiff’s U.S. Patent No. 6,441,168 (the ‘168 patent). The parties stipulated to infringement of the ‘168 patent if the...
The NYSE has filed with the SEC a proposal to amend Section 202.06 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual related to material news and trading halts. The proposal would make the following changes..... By: Cooley LLP
Since the implementation of the inter partes review (IPR) by the America Invents Act on September 16, 2012, IPR proceedings have been viewed as putting one nail in the coffin for patents. In the first two and a half years of the proceedings, the...
Physician-owned hospitals cherry-pick well-insured patients, disfavor Medicaid and minority patients, and charge more that their nonprofit counterparts, right? Wrong, says a new study published on September 2 by respected BMJ (formerly, British...
