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October 19, 2008 ACC Annual Meeting '08 [Read More] Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Seattle, WA
October 22, 2008 Looking Into The Crystal Ball - How To Prosecute Patents Today That Will Be Enforceable For Twenty Years? [Read More] The Conference Center at WilmerHale
Boston, MA
November 6, 2008 TCN: Funding Expedition™ Mixer [Read More] Foley Hoag LLP (Boston Office)
Boston, MA
November 12, 2008 American Conference Institute’s 11th Advanced Forum on Structuring, Negotiating and Managing Pharma/Biotech Collaborative Agreements: Allocating Rights, Responsibilities & Rewards in Licensing, Strategic Alliances and Partnering Deals [Read More] Helmsley Park Lane Hotel
New York, NY

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  • Driving Biopharma Forward
    Our lawyers identified, on the eve of FDA approval of one of our client's biopharmaceuticals, a prior public use that would cause a court to invalidate the otherwise blocking patent claims. This enabled our client to negotiate a license under the patent on commercially reasonable terms. [Read More]
  • Due Diligence Across the World
    We were retained by one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to join a team of in-house management-level scientific and business decision-makers on an IP due-diligence trip to eastern Europe. The team vetted the potential licensor's patent and trade-secret portfolios, and also considered potential associated regulatory and logistical issues. [Read More]

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