Benson is a ‘failure’ (271 Patent Blog) Second peer-to-patent pilot phase has begun – UK-IPO might join later (IP:JUR) First Action Pendency and RCEs drop in October (Director’s Forum) USPTO plans to extend ‘Green Technology Pilot Program’ (IPBiz) UPDATE: Investigating patent law’s presumption of validity (Patently-O) US Patents – Decisions CAFC removes limitations on new evidence in §145 Civil Actions against USPTO: Hyatt v. [read post]

: (Spicy IP), India: Merck vs Roche: towards differential pricing: (Spicy IP), India/Philippines: Access to drugs: The India/Philippines solution? [read post]

avd/quotes/nls/avd (AVD 6.94, +0.07, +1.02%) today announced that the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has denied the Company’s motion for emergency and injunctive relief from a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order that had been issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency relating to the Company’s USEPA-registered pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB) product line. [read post]

The event will feature Susannah Patton, research fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney; Richard Rossow, senior adviser at CSIS; Michael Green senior vice president at CSIS; and Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project  CSIS. [read post]