Vicki G. Norton

May 1, 2024 | mondaq.com | Heidi Lunasin |Ryan Smith |Vicki G. Norton

The USPTO is soliciting comments regarding its proposed fee increases for fiscal year 2025. Written comments must be received on or before June 3, 2024, to ensure consideration. Thus, it is critical that both in-house attorneys and outside counsel review and consider how these changes, some of which are significant, will impact the portfolios they manage. Comments can be submitted through the regulations.gov portal or the Federal Register before June 3, 2024.

Dec 18, 2023 | mondaq.com | Vicki G. Norton |Ryan Smith

Following enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, which provides for Medicare drug price negotiations, the White House has announced new actions to lower drug costs, including the release of a proposed framework for agencies to exercise march-in rights under the Bayh-Dole Act to promote public accessibility to tax-payer-funded drugs.