RALEIGH, N.C.-- Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A. (Myers Bigel), the largest independent patent law firm in North Carolina, shared expertise in biotechnology, pharma, and chemistry intellectual property protection to attendees at the recent Triangle Biotech Research Symposium with the presentation "Assault on Biotech: Recent Case Law Impacting Biotechnology Inventions." The August 20 event, co-sponsored by the BioPharma Research Council and the NC Biotechnology Center, featured Alice Bonnen, Ph.D., and Robert Schwartzman, Ph.D., attorneys with the Myers Bigel Biotechnology practice group. "We appreciate the scientific and technical knowledge that Drs. Bonnen and Schwartzman offered," said Joanne Gere, executive director of the BioPharma Research Council. "Symposium attendees -- academic, industry, and government researchers -- require this depth of knowledge as they move their discoveries into the medical innovation pipeline."
The BioPharma Research Council (www.biopharmaresearchcouncil.org) has helped scientists developed connections across regional and international communities since 2009. The 3rd Annual Triangle Biotech Research Symposium is scheduled for August 19, 2014.
This is the second year Myers Bigel has participated in the Symposium, held at the NC Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. In their presentation, Drs. Bonnen and Schwartzman addressed four specific examples of cases and the issues raised, such as how a carefully crafted statement on a website may help protect against patent challenges; how courts might rule on self-replicating technologies; what steps may be sufficient to ensure patent eligibility of diagnostic method claims; and information pertaining to the question of whether or not human genes are patentable.
The attorneys in the various Myers Bigel practice groups - Biotechnology, Chemical and Pharmaceutical; Biomedical Technology; Electrical/Computer; Mechanical; Litigation; and Trademark - have experience and science or engineering degrees in a particular technology, in addition to their law degrees. This rare perspective helps them deal with the unique technical nuances of an invention and better relate with scientists and academics in order to successfully obtain patents with real world value.
Myers Bigel provides expertise in all intellectual property areas, including trademark and copyrights, as well as patents. Operating out of the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina, Myers Bigel represents corporate and university clients located in the Carolinas, throughout the Southeast, across the United States, and in Europe and Asia.
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About Myers Bigel
Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A. (Myers Bigel) is an intellectual property law firm combining patent law expertise with a stable continuity of counsel to produce quality patents that stand up to scrutiny. We are the largest independent patent law firm in North Carolina, continually ranked among the top national firms by well-respected legal media and industry organizations. Our knowledgeable, vibrant team of attorneys with degreed technical experience successfully acquires, protects, enforces and defends patent assets and intellectual property in a variety of fields including biotechnology, chemistry, electronics and computing, mechanical, and trademark practice groups, as well as in litigation. Headquartered in Raleigh in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina, with clients spanning the globe, we remain active in symposia, seminars, and continuing education efforts to further best practices in intellectual property protection and enforcement. For more information on our high quality work visit www.myersbigel.com.
