Intellectual Property Law

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 13Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)

• The Budgetary Cost of Patent Reform: The CBO has released its cost estimates for the Patent Reform Act of 2007. A net loss of $1.4 Billion. Almost all of the additional cost is easily classified as ?pork.? The vast majority of the additional money would be to pay for takings claims created by the neutering of DataTreasury?s Check21 patents.
• Angiomax: The other major pork goes to ?The Medicines Co.? to extend the life of its patents covering Angiomax. The company was one day late in filing for its term extension based on FDA delay. (The extension would be almost five years). The Bill would give PTO Director Dudas the power to excuse the filing delay and thus allow the extension. ?[W]e expect that [the] PTO would grant nearly five years of additional patent protection to that product.  See also Baristas ?Dog Ate My Homework Act.?
• Metabolite: Those wanting a head-start on on Bilski briefing should consider the filings from Metabolite v. LabCorp. [Link] [Link] [Link]
• Patent Reform: Chief Judge Paul Michel on Patent Reform (Transcript of Speech to Meeting of Chief IP Counsel for Major Corporations).
• Additional Design Patent Brief: Ed Manzo noted that I missed one of the Egyptian Goddess briefs. Elite Group argues that broadly interpreted design patents would lead to costly design-around without any associated consumer benefit. [Link]

Full post as published by IP Law Daily on February 18, 2008 (boomark / email).