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Foley & Lardner LLP Washington, DC Document Search Results (29) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Medicare Program Issues Proposed Rule for Acute and Long-Term Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Fiscal Year 2013
Jeffrey R. Bates, Maria E. Gonzalez Knavel, Donald H. Romano; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 21, 2012 On May 11, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would, among other things, update payment policies and rates for acute care hospitals paid under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2013....
| | Predicting the Properties of Nanomaterials: Nanotech Moving Ahead
J. Steven Rutt; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 20, 2012 The Materials Genome Initiative received a boost this week when the OSTP (Office of Science Technology Policy) announced important updates. Several of these relate directly to nanotechnology.
| | Holding the USPTO Accountable For the RCE Backlog
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2012, previously published on May 22, 2012 As I was cleaning up my office a few weeks ago, I came across a December 2009 article I wrote with my colleague Steve Reid for BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, entitled “New Patent Office Examination Procedures: Bane or Boon?” The article discusses the then-new...
| | In Re Montgomery: Inherently Therapeutic
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 17, 2012 In In re Montgomery, the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of anticipation by inherency in the therapeutic context. This case illustrates the difficult doctrine of inherency and the potential importance of claim language-and claim construction-to an inherency analysis.
| | Federal Circuit Upholds Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Over Subsequent ANDA Litigation
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 In Dey Pharma, LP v. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s determination that it could exercise jurisdiction over a declaratory judgment action brought by a subsequent ANDA filer. This case follows earlier decisions in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc....
| | Did The Pilot Light Go Out On The First Action Interview Program?
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 18, 2012 The USPTO’s Full First Action Interview Pilot Program expired on May 16, 2012. Although I heard rumors that the program was going to be extended, it has not been extended as of the publication date of this article, and the USPTO’s designated contact person for this program could not...
| | EPA’s New “Draft Guidance” for Fracking: Oil/Gas Industry Generally Pleased, But Caution Is Advised
Richard G. Stoll; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 In the Federal Register of May 10, 2012, U.S. EPA issued long-awaited “Draft Guidance” for regulating the highly controversial and rapidly-growing practice known as hydraulic fracturing - or “fracking” - for natural gas and oil. See 77 FR 27451. EPA is requesting written...
| | USPTO Announces QPIDS Pilot Program For Post-Issue Fee Information Disclosure Statements
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 14, 2012, previously published on May 10, 2012 The USPTO has announced a new pilot program to permit Applicants to obtain consideration of certain Information Disclosure Statements (IDSs) after the Issue Fee has been paid without having to reopen prosecution. The “Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program”...
| | Should “Economically Significant” Inventions Be Subject To Secrecy Orders?
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 11, 2012, previously published on May 8, 2012 As set forth in a Federal Register Notice issued April 20, 2012, Congress has asked the USPTO to consider whether it should take steps “to protect economically significant patents from discovery by foreign entities” by extending the current national security screening program to...
| | Understanding Recent Developments in Hospital Merger Enforcement
Heather Holden Brooks, Benjamin R. Dryden, Alan D. Rutenberg, David W. Simon; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2012, previously published on May 9, 2012 At last week’s Antitrust in Health Care conference sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association, the heads of both federal antitrust enforcement agencies, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, delivered...
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