By Matthew Hofmeister On March 7, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Golan v. Holder, (Docket No. 10-545), a case arising out of the Tenth Circuit that concerns whether Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) violates the First Amendment right to free speech. In 1989, the United States joined the Berne [...]

By Eric Cheong In a recently published decision, the Canadian Commissioner of Patents set out some guidelines for patentability of monoclonal antibody claims. In its decision, the Canadian Patent Appeal Board noted that both U.S. and U.K. courts have recognized that no undue experimental burden is required to raise monoclonal antibodies targeted to a defined [...]

By Matthew W. Hofmeister On March 8, 2011, the U.S. Senate passed S.23, the “America Invents Act” (also known as the Patent Reform Act of 2011), by a vote of 95-5. Introduced six weeks ago by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the bill differs greatly from previous drafts developed by the Senate Judiciary Committee in recent [...]