Category Archives: Patent

Carnegie Mellon patents not invalid on summary judgment

By David Woycechowsky on October 11th, 2011 Posted in Patent, Technology Transfer

Case: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY v. MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP (W.D.Pa. 9-28-2011) What happened: Carnegie Mellon University tech transfer office circulated an invention disclosure relating to disc drives. The tech transfer office was informed that a different inventor from Seagate had previous worked on a similar technology, but the Seagate inventor stated that, “[The Carnegie Mellon professors’]… Continue Reading

Sharing By College Students: The UNC Approach

By David Woycechowsky on September 27th, 2011 Posted in Copyright, DMCA, IP Liability, Patent

Article: At the Chronicle Of Higher Education website, Alex Campbell reports that UNC has put in place measures to prevent and minimize unauthorized file sharing by students. Specifically, computers that have file sharing software will not be allowed to connect to the campus network unless and until that student/computer is awarded a “hall pass.” This… Continue Reading

University Professor Is Sued For Allegedly Stealing ALS Drug Invention

By David Woycechowsky on September 20th, 2011 Posted in Inventor-Professor, Medical, Patent

Case: Nuvo Research Inc. v. McGrath (filed August 15, 2011, N.D. Cal.) What allegedly happened: In a complaint filed on August 15, 2011 in the Northern District of California court, Nuvo Research Inc. alleges that a UCSF professor, who had worked as a consultant for Nuvo, applied for a patent on an ALS (sometimes called… Continue Reading

America Invents Act Gets Praise From Higher Education Institutions

By David Woycechowsky on September 19th, 2011 Posted in Patent

On September 8, 2011, six higher education related institutions released a joint statement endorsing the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act as passed by the Senate. The six institutions are the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education, the Association of American Medical Colleges, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, the Association of University Technology… Continue Reading

University V. University

By David Woycechowsky on August 29th, 2011 Posted in Genetics, Patent-Eligible Subject Matter

On July 29, 2011, a Federal Circuit panel decided Association For Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics (Fed. Cir. 2011). This is an important case for patent law, as it relates to genetics. The short version is that: (i) isolated DNA is eligible for patent protection; (ii) claims directed to working with the isolated DNA, in… Continue Reading