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How I Made Practice Area Leader: 'Be a Team Player,' Says Lynn Mehler of Hogan Lovells

Work hard, treat people well, both clients and colleagues, and be open to the opportunities that present themselves to you.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Jury Convicts Elizabeth Holmes' Co-Conspirator Sunny Balwani of 12 Fraud Charges Against Theranos Investors, Patients

The verdict comes on the fifth day of deliberations in the case and about sixth months after a jury convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes of four fraud charges and failed to reach a unanimous decision on three of the 11 counts.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Never Mind the PTAB—Agilent Is Pushing to Enjoin Competitor's CRISPR Sales

Agilent Technologies is seeking to block sales by Synthego notwithstanding a preliminary finding by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that most of Agilent's patent claims are invalid. It's one of the first tries for a preliminary injunction in the CRISPR space.
5 minute read

Law.com

Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: In Defense of Patent Thickets + Gaming Out a Year of Section 101 Limbo + Bad Takes From a PTAB Reform Hearing

Hughes Hubbard life sciences chief Patrice Jean says that, given the complexity that goes into some pharmaceuticals, it's "understandable that you would have dozens of patents that potentially cover what the outcome is."
14 minute read

The Recorder

Attorney for Theranos' Sunny Balwani Claims Government Witness Lied on Stand

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's Jeffrey Coopersmith questioned the credibility of several government witnesses, asserting that one former Theranos lab director repeatedly lied on the stand.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Big Names Brandished in Effort to Restore $1.2B Cancer Treatment Verdict

The Federal Circuit ruled that a patent on a CAR-T treatment did not meet patent law's written description requirement. Jones Day and Irell & Manella are arguing for Bristol-Myers Squibb that the Federal Circuit has added judicial requirements to the statute that are virtually impossible for life sciences companies to meet.
4 minute read

Law.com

Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: The AI Inventor Debate Arrives at the Federal Circuit + Diagnostics Patent Eligibility Is Once Again Before the Court

Brown Neri's Ryan Abbott will make the case for inventor-bots on Monday, while his team broadens its campaign with a suit against the Copyright Office over AIs as authors.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Seitz: 'Context' of FDA Ratings Key in Medical Device Company's Derivative Case

The complaint, defense counsel argued, failed to show directors exhibited the state of mind needed for shareholders to proceed with their breach of fiduciary duty and related insider trading claims.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Tastes Like Invalidity—Judge Knocks Out Sweetener Patents, Despite PTAB Ruling

Judge James Selna ruled that PureCircle's patented methods of producing commercial grade Stevia are ineligible for patenting or fail on written description. That made winners of Sweegen and Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Cisco Systems Sues Tel Aviv University Over Patent For Converting Digital Data Into Optical Signals

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

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