Patently O

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Google LLC , 20-06754 WHA, 2023 WL 6542320 (N.D. 6, 2023). The decision casts doubt on the viability of pending continuation applications over a long period, even absent any evident applicant delay — especially in situations where new claims are drafted in response to emerging technologies or market demands. Sonos Inc.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

This provision became effective as of March 29, 2023. It will become part of the “refuse to accept” (RTA) checklist on October 1, 2023. Timeline Section 524B became effective on March 29, 2023. Please refer to the help text in this section for the content that is required according to this statute.”

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Blackstone Career Institute

JANUARY 24, 2025

According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, the median pay for the position was over $60,000 per year as of 2023, with top professionals in the field making close to six figures. All types of law offices, including prosecutors, defense attorneys, marital, occupational, and moreemploy paralegals to conduct critical aspects of their work.

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Patently O

JULY 16, 2023

2023 ) Just in time for my early August floating trip down in the Ozarks, the Federal Circuit has affirmed the USPTO’s rejections of Float’N’Grill’s proposed reissue claims. by Dennis Crouch In re Float’N’Grill LLC , 2022-1438 ( Fed. Float’N’Grill’s US 9,771,132 covers a floating grill.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is the third withdrawal of an accelerated approval FDA has performed, following Avastin in 2011 and Makena in 2023. Prior to FDORA’s enactment, the statute did not provide details on the withdrawal procedures other than offering an opportunity for an informal hearing. On August 4, 2023, Oncopeptides submitted its appeal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2023

On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States with respect to climate change. Vanuatu published the first draft of the resolution in late 2022. The UNGA adopted resolution (A/77/L.58)

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 4, 2023

It’s 2023 and everyone in the legal world is inundated with emails. We are multi-tasking masters of drafting documents, researching new or updated statutes and codes, and answering client phone calls all at the same time. Screen emails as they come in Paralegals have to be on it, right?

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Although MPF claims may seem broad on their face, the statute limits their scope to cover only the corresponding structures disclosed in the patent document (the specification) and their equivalents. The chart shows a clear trend: a decline in the use of MPF claims from 1980 through to the mid-2020s. For example, in Amgen v.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In traditional legal research, the user enters a query and gets a response in the form of a long list of cases, statutes and other resources. As of today’s launch, the AI research tool draws only from primary law materials in Westlaw, such as cases, statutes and regulations.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The publication of this work, called Guide to Good Practice on the Use of Video-Link under the Evidence Convention , was drafted by the Permanent Bureau, with a Group of Experts contributing their insights and comments. Although the project started in 2015, its publication occurred during the pandemic.

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MyCase

APRIL 24, 2024

Survey respondents confirmed they use GAI to streamline firm processes, from drafting marketing content to finding specific statutes. With a detailed prompt or series of prompts, the application can quickly draft, edit, or summarize documents. ChatGPT can produce quick drafts of client emails. Drafting marketing content.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 24, 2024

2023) 14 Cal.5th It was the plaintiff-employee who demanded arbitration and, when the defendant-employer who had drafted the arbitration agreement didn’t timely pay the arbitration fees, withdrew from the arbitration and was awarded attorney fees and costs of over $175,000. Victory Woodworks, Inc. 620 (2017-2018 Reg.

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Patently O

APRIL 27, 2023

1 (1946) significantly impacted patent practice and the balance between functional and structural claim drafting. 21-757 (2023) is another example, with the potential to further shift the landscape regarding functional claim limitations. Morse , 56 U.S. (15 62 (1854) and Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. Walker , 329 U.S. Sanofi, No.

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LawSites

AUGUST 15, 2023

It examines the discovery, exhibits, pleadings and other documents in a case and automatically finds and displays citations to the source documents that provide the factual support, as well as case law, statutes and regulations. They can just click and they can see and verify every single page and every single document.”

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Patently O

OCTOBER 23, 2023

19, 2023) WDTX District Court Judge Alan Albright sided with the accused infringer in this case — holding that the asserted claims were invalid as indefinite. Most commonly patentees draft claims that cover the physical structure of an invention or the particular steps taken in a process. Google LLC , Nos. 35 U.S.C. §

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At the Lectern

APRIL 17, 2025

2023) 14 Cal.5th The Second District, Division One, Court of Appeal published opinion held that “every PAGA action necessarily includes an individual PAGA claim.” ” Because of that conclusion, and because of U.S. and California Supreme Court case law (see Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 7, 2023

An unfortunate side effect is that Scottish certificates would no longer have automatic effect by statute in other parts of the United Kingdom. The Scottish Bill has a provision on the recognition of changes of gender under the laws of other parts of the United Kingdom which is drafted in readily understandable form.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 6, 2024

We would also like to thank Professor Beligh Elbalti for his critical comments on the draft blogpost. The High Court and Court of Appeal were wrong for extending the spirit of the beyond its application as that was not the appropriate statute that was applicable to the instant case.’ That procedure was not immediately apparent.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 14, 2024

No federal statutes explicitly preempt state Climate Superfund laws, and different U.S. In 2023, the Supreme Court of Hawaii held the opposite in City & County of Honolulu v. It is of note that the precedent concerns common law claims and courts may approach state statutes differently.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lewis, Senior Regulatory Device & Biologics Expert — On October 20, 2023, FDA announced the availability of the final guidance authored by CBER titled “Voluntary Consensus Standards Recognition Program for Regenerative Medicine Therapies.” It finalized a draft guidance published in 2022. Tobolowsky & Richard A.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

But, by statute all devices not previously classified are automatically placed into Class III. Specifically, FDA states that it plans to issue a draft guidance with an enforcement policy for IVDs for emerging outbreaks offered prior to FDA review to address the immediate public health need.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 30, 2023

1067, the “ Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 ,” and it would fundamentally transform the playing field for NDA, ANDA, BLA, and aBLA applicants seeking to preserve their rights in the wake of an adverse FDA approval decision. That bill is S. 110-85 (2007), as amended by Section 301 of Pub. 112-144 (2012).

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 9, 2023

It is supposed to take place on May 23, 2023. The present post is not drafted with the ambition of comprehensively evaluating the request for a constitutional review brought before the Polish Constitutional Court. This time, however, the Polish Constitutional Court has even set the date of the hearing in the case K 25/20.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 9, 2024

The statute specifies that DAPs are to include the sponsor’s goals for enrollment in the relevant study, the sponsor’s rationale for such goals, and an explanation of how the sponsor intends to meet these goals. The statute also states that DAPs should be “in the form and manner specified by the Secretary in guidance.”

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At the Lectern

APRIL 30, 2025

For the end of the 2023-2024 term, see here , here , and here.) preempt state statutes prescribing the procedures for paying arbitration fees and providing for forfeiture of the right to arbitrate if timely payment is not made by the party who drafted the arbitration agreement and who is required to pay such fees? Hohenshelt v.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Statute has left little of the common law untouched. The Interaction between a Mandatory Law and an Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause Statutes generally fall into one of three categories (see Maria Hook, ‘The “Statutist Trap” and Subject-Matter Jurisdiction’ (2017) 13(2) Journal of Private International Law 435).

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Below, we provide a high-level summary of the Final Guidance, focusing on the legal and regulatory updates from the May 2023 draft guidance. before such manufacturer signs a Discount Program agreement) and non-binding of their phase-in eligibility if they provide CMS all ownership information by December 8, 2023. 1395w-114c(e).

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2024

6951/2023-CR , which establishes that no one can be prosecuted, sentenced or punished for crimes against humanity or war crimes committed before July 1, 2002. The Constitutional Commission of the Peruvian Congress approved Tuesday the report of Bill No.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 13, 2024

has not been a friend of arbitration,” the dissent said, “By again putting arbitration on the chopping block, this statute invites a seventh reprimand from the Supreme Court of the United States.” Superior Court (2023) 15 Cal.5th Writing that “California law over the last few decades.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

A PMR is a study “that sponsors are required to conduct under one or more statutes or regulations,” whereas a PMC is a study “that a sponsor has agreed to conduct, but that are not required by a statute or regulation” (see FDA Webpage, Postmarketing Requirements and Commitments: Introduction ).

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 2, 2023

Nebraska , 600 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. The HEROES Act allows the Secretary to ‘waive or modify’” provisions of the student aid laws, “but does not allow the Secretary to rewrite that statute to the extent of canceling $430 billion of student loan principal,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote on behalf of the Court. In Biden v.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

2023) 14 Cal.5th 2023) 15 Cal.5th ” The statutes are part of California’s Racial Justice Act. The petition for review argued the appeal is not moot because the factual finding underlying the removal order is reportable to California’s Child Abuse Central Index. 5th 266 (see here ). ” ( Id. 279-280.)

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 21, 2022

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023 , taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Bonomi, Andrea.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2022

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Bonomi, Andrea.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Bonomi, Andrea.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] It went into effect in January 2023 and will be phased in over the next five years.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2023

Final Update of 29 August 2023: New entries are printed bold. A Critical Overview of the Hague Preliminary Draft on Judgments”, Yearbook of Private International Law 17 (2015/2016), pp 1-31 Bonomi, Andrea; Mariottini, Cristina M. 11 of August 2000 (available here ), pp 19-128 II. “A 166-172 (available here ) Brand, Ronald A.

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