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| 1 | Employers and Insurers Prohibited from Using Genetic Information to Discriminate Against Current or Potential Employees
Roetzel & Andress, A Legal Professional Association; June 16, 2008, previously published on May 2008 On May 21, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA"). While the law amends multiple sections of the United States Code, the most significant amendments deal with employment and employee benefits law. |
| 2 | New Federal Genetic Discrimination Law Fenwick & West LLP; June 16, 2008, previously published on June 10, 2008 On May 21, 2008, President Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which among other things: (1) prohibits employers subject to Title VII from discharging, refusing to hire, or otherwise discriminating against employees or job applicants on the basis of genetic information; (2)... |
| 3 | Supreme Court Issues Major Patent Decision Natalie Hanlon-Leh, Matt Stump; Faegre & Benson LLP; June 25, 2008 In a decision issued June 9, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the doctrine of patent exhaustion, which provides that the initial authorized sale of a patented item terminates all subsequent patent rights to that item. |
| 4 | Recent Nanotechnology Developments: Finding a Middle Ground between Identifying Real Health Concerns and Reacting to Alarmist Rhetoric Margaret L. Sanner, Christopher L. Rissetto, Stephanie E. Giese; Reed Smith LLP; June 23, 2008, previously published on June 2008 This past month, scientists released results from a study linking carbon nanotube (CNT) exposure in mice to the development of cell pathologies identified as possible precursors to mesothelioma in humans. |
| 5 | First Revocation of A UK Patent for an Invention Consisting Exclusively Of a Business Method / Computer Program - Despite an Earlier Court Of Appeal Decision Stating It Was Not Simply a Business Method Ian Charles Wood, Stephen David Gare; Mayer Brown International LLP; June 21, 2008, previously published on May 29, 2008 In proceedings in the Patents Court, part of the High Court in London, Mayer Brown has succeeded in invalidating a patent relating to pre-paid telephone cards which allow users to make telephone calls from virtually any telephone and charge the costs of the call to the card. |
| 6 | "Remote Interface" Limitation in Patented Financial Account Application System Not Satisfied by a User's Home PC William F. Long, Joshua D. Curry; Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP; June 22, 2008, previously published on May 27, 2008 A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held that, in an automated account application processing patent, the claim limitation "remote interface" required a computer maintained by the account provider and was not satisfied by the end user's own... |
| 7 | REACH - Are you Ready? Teresa Hitchcock, Caroline Stockwell, Douglas Taylor, Duncan Gillespie; DLA Piper; June 21, 2008, previously published on June 5, 2008 REACH is the European regulation for the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals. It is intended to ensure that manufacturers, importers and downstream users do not place on the market substances that would present a risk to the health and safety of persons in the EU or... |
| 8 | GINA Establishes Protection for Claims of Genetic Bias Akerman Senterfitt; June 16, 2008, previously published on May 27, 2008 Employees filing charges of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") will have one more protected class they can check off as a basis of discrimination. |
| 9 | New Law Prohibits Genetic Discrimination Baker & Hostetler LLP; June 16, 2008, previously published on May 27, 2008 The newly enacted Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA") adds individual genetic information to the list of protected employee characteristics. |
| 10 | Keep Your SSO Promises: What You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You Benjamin Hershkowitz, Michael DeVincenzo; Goodwin Procter LLP; June 16, 2008, previously published on April 29, 2008 Companies involved in the research, design and development of new technologies often participate in standards setting organizations (SSOs) which focus on the standardization of such technology. |
