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Dilworth IP’s Dr. Jonathan Schuchardt has recently had an article published in the bi-monthly publication IP Litigator. His article, entitled “The Federal Circuit Sees Nova’s Light,” considers the effects of the Supreme Court’s decision in Nautilus Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. on the issue of “indefiniteness,” especially with regard to previous cases involving patents filed by Dow Chemical.

Dr. Anthony Sabatelli, chair of Dilworth IP’s Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology group, and Mr. Frederick Spaeth, who leads the Firm’s trademark practice, will together be presenting two upcoming talks on the basics of Intellectual Property law geared toward entrepreneurs and inventors. The first of these will be on Thursday, January 21st [time?]at the University of Connecticut’s Technology Incubation Program (TIP) in Farmington, CT; the second will be the following day, Friday, January 22nd, [time?] at Yale University’s Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI), for which Dilworth IP is a corporate partner, in New Haven, CT. Anthony and Fred will be discussing key events over the life of a patent, common concerns of the patent process, and patentability in biotechnology and IT/software. Admission to both events will be free, but early registration is required.

Dr. Jonathan Schuchardt of Dilworth IP will be presenting an upcoming Strafford webinar focusing on the evolving obviousness standard of the USPTO. Obviousness Standard After the AIA: Leveraging Latest PTO and Court Guidance – Overcoming Challenges of Obviousness and Attacks on Patent Validity will be presented on January 21, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM (EST)

Dilworth IP’s Senior Patent and Trademark Paralegal, Theresa Doonan, will be participating in a panel discussion on Connecticut’s opiate addiction crisis this Monday, January 11th at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. Theresa is the co-founder of the Connecticut Heroin Task Force and HeroinKillsCT which were each founded to address and actively respond to the growing epidemic of heroin addiction in Connecticut