Topic
Biotech
245 published works
China Law Insight
Strategies and Suggestions for Patent Applications in the Hot Field of Biotechnology
By King & Wood
As a typical experimental science, the predictability in the field of biotechnology is quite low. In patent examination, there are often some disputes over the predictability of technical effects. For…
China Law Insight
热点生物技术领域专利申请策略与建议(2)
By King & Wood
作为典型的试验学科,生物技术领域可预见性低,在专利审查中常常出现针对技术效果可预期程度的争议,例如,审查员可能主张发明的技术效果是无法预期的从而权利要求得不到说明书的支持,或者相反,在本领域仅存在原理性的教导或不具有具体指向的普遍技术需求的情况下,认为现有技术给出了改进动机,且技术效果能够合理预期。而这种相对主观的审查意见在没有确实的证据的情况下却很难成功反驳。
China Law Insight
热点生物技术领域专利申请策略与建议
By King & Wood
生物技术领域发展迅猛,专利申请量急剧攀升,CAR-T、基因编辑、冠状病毒疫苗因其展现出的极高临床价值或因应突发疫情,成为其中的热点领域。由于涉及社会伦理等复杂考量因素,以及技术发展更快且可预见性更低,生物技术领域存在更多的特殊性,这种特殊性体现在专利审查方面即为审查政策和审查标准较快速的变化。及时、准确的理解和把握该领域的审查标准的动态变化将有助于申请人(或专利权人)顺利获得、维持其专利权,保护其合法权益。本文从说明书充分公开、权利要求的支持、以及创造性三个视角分析了该领域的审查审判动态,并基于此提供了一些应对的策略和建议。
China Law Insight
注目のバイオテクノロジー分野特許出願の戦略と提案
By King & Wood
バイオテクノロジー分野の発展は著しく、特許出願件数は急激に上昇している。中でもCAR-T、ゲノム編集、コロナウィルスワクチンは、臨床価値が極めて高いことや、疫病の突発的流行への対応などの理由で、注目される分野となっている。社会倫理等の考慮すべき複雑な要素や、技術発展がより速く予測可能性がより低いことから、バイオテクノロジー分野にはより多くの特殊性が存在する。この特殊性は、現在の特許審査において、審査の政策や審査基準の比較的迅速な変化に現れている。本分野の審査基準の動態的変化を、適時且つ正確に理解し把握することで、出願人(または特許権者)は特許権を順調に取得、維持し、合法的権益を保護することができる。本レポートは、明細書の十分な開示、請求項のサポート及び進歩性という三つの視点から本分野の審査審判の動向を分析し、その分析に基づき、対応する戦略及び提案を提示するものである。
China Law Insight
A Regulatory Review of Genetically Modified Organisms in China
By King & Wood
Generally speaking, transgenic technologies refer to use of DNA recombination, transformation and other technologies to transfer specific exogenous target genes to the recipient organism, so as to achieve predictable and…
Health Law Prof Blog
Drawing the Line on in Vitro Gametogenesis
Lauren Notini, Christopher Gyngell, Julian Savulescu (University of Oxford), Drawing the Line on in Vitro Gametogenesis, 34 Bioethics 123 (2020):In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) might offer numerous research and clinical benefits.…
The D&O Diary
SEC Files Enforcement Action Based on Alleged COVID-19 Pump-and-Dump Scheme
In prior enforcement actions the agency filed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the SEC has made it clear that it intends to target companies and individuals that are…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
May Issue of Bio/Pharma Beat Now Available
Our monthly newsletter reports on the patent law developments in biotech, biologics and pharmaceutical cases, legislation and federal agency actions. This month’s issue covers relevant news from April 2020, including:…
Lawels Blog
Analysis of patenting human genes: legal criteria and challenges
This article reviews legal criteria for patenting human genes on account of the evolution in biotechnology. It is utterly essential to highlight innovations in healthcare sector that have noteworthy effect…
The Right Coast
Hopes of a coronavirus vaccine mount as three key biotech players make progress
The race is on to develop an immunization against COVID-19. Dozens of companies and public labs around the world are working to develop a vaccine to prevent the spread of the…