by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The CREATE Act: Protecting Patentable Inventions that Arise from Collaborative Research The Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2004 was signed into law by President Bush on December 10, 2004. The Act amends 35 U.S.C. §103(c) of the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
United States Pharmaceutical Product Liability: Current Trends and Risk Management The life sciences industry is operating in a more litigious and aggressive environment than ever before. With increasing numbers of high profile product liability cases and the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Supreme Court Rules That a Licensed Patent May Be Challenged Without Breaching the License On January 9, 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a patent licensee is not required to breach its license in order to have standing to challenge the validity of the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On June 9, 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. that the doctrine of patent exhaustion applies to method patents as well as product and composition of matter patents. Patent exhaustion provides that an authorized...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
A new Connecticut data privacy law, Public Act No. 08-167 titled An Act Concerning the Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers, became effective on October 1, 2008. The new law requires people and businesses to protect personal data and imposes both requirements...
