by Joel Rothman | Jan 26, 2014 | patents
Examination of Patent Applications at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or PTO) takes too long. That’s the message from the USPTO’s own Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2013. For the year ending September 30, 2103, the...
by Judith Grubner | Dec 1, 2009 | NutriSupLaw, patents
Section 102(b) of the U.S. Patent Act prevents an inventor from getting a patent for an invention that was “described in a printed publication in this . . . country . . . more than one year prior to the date of the application” (the “critical date”). The U.S. Court...
by Joel Rothman | Aug 30, 2006 | NutriSupLaw, patents
Trade secret and patent protection for nutraceuticals. Can’t get more current than that. And three lawyers from Foley & Lardner provide info on both in a pair of articles published in the last week or so. First there’s “Keeping trade secrets...
by Joel Rothman | May 20, 2006 | NutriSupLaw, patents
This article entitled “Preserving intellectual property before a patent is issued” provides an excellent overview of the patent protection available to neutraceutical companies. The authors, James F. Ewing, Ph.D. and Michel Morency, Ph.D. of Foley &...
by Joel Rothman | Apr 3, 2006 | NutriSupLaw, patents
Archer Daniels Midland a/k/a “supermarket to the world” has sued Sabinsa Corporation, a maker of nutritional ingredients, for patent infringement related to patents that ADM licenses from Novogen. All the patents concern isoflavones extracted from soy. To...
by Joel Rothman | Mar 1, 2006 | NutriSupLaw, patents
The Original Creatine Patent Company, a UK firm that owns several patents for creatine supplement formulations, has sued NBTY and several of its subsidiaries, including Vitamin World, Nature’s Bounty, and Puritan’s Pride, for patent infringement. For the...