With news of the US Supreme Court's recent
Oil States decision and the UK's ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement capturing the headlines in recent days, patent professionals might be forgiven for allowing a crucial CRISPR - Cas9 dispute to slip under the radar.
The Oil States decision may be read as recognizing a broad authority of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, proceeding under statutory authority, to review and regulate patents.
The Oil States decision affirms the AIA post grant proceeding framework as a permissible quasi-litigation system for reviewing the patentability of issued patents.
That being said, and following up on the feeling of «doom and gloom» many of us had upon initial issuance of
the Oil States decision, there is...
Not exact matches
LONDON — A former senior civil servant at the Treasury has attacked the government's
decision to backstop a $ 2 billion (# 1.5 billion) loan to Saudi Arabia's
state oil company in an apparent bid to woo the company to list in London.
Following the U.S.
State Department's
decision to postpone a
decision on TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian pipeline boosters from oilpatch CEOs to federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver responded that Canada would have to look to other markets — namely China — to buy our
oil.
Samuels said that while the
state has among the largest budget reserves of any
state, at a projected $ 10.4 billion by the middle of next year, continued low
oil prices mean legislators will face some tough
decisions when they return to Austin in January.
«In light of growing trends, and following the
decisions made today, the government of Canada has determined that foreign
state control of
oil sands development has reached the point at which further such foreign
state control would not be of net benefit to Canada,» Harper said.
And that future, more than any regulatory
decision in either the United
States or Canada, will depend on the price of
oil.
Canada is potentially vulnerable to supply disruptions resulting from
states»
decisions to withhold
oil supplies from world markets or from damage to
oil supply chains by nonstate actors or natural disasters.
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decision Malaysian energy firm sticks to $ 30 / bbl 2016 price assumption Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia's
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Lower
oil prices may lead to the deferment of final investment
decisions for some LNG projects, and some LNG export projects in the United
States are even at risk of cancelation.
Deacon said she supports New York's recent
decision to subsidize the
state's nuclear power plants, which are struggling to compete with natural gas and
oil.
And while rail transport typically falls under federal purview, the
decision by the Cuomo administration reflects an increasing
state interest in rail cargo, as the number of
oil trains has grown from 10,000 a year to more than 400,000 carloads transported last year.
Residents of Ekiti erupted in jubilation on Sunday following the
decision of
oil marketers to resume fuel supply of petroleum to the
state.
The
decision by the Bulk
Oil Storage and Transport Company Limited (BOST) to compete with the private sector in the downstream petroleum products distribution sector has resulted in huge losses for the
state - owned company.
At the same time, he said he didn't think the president would use the
state as a case study against
oil development, considering the recent
decision to allow exploratory offshore drilling near Alaska.
But the
decision — which barred
oil and gas exploration in the area and restricted commercial fishing — drew a lawsuit from Northeastern fishermen, including the Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen's Association, Long Island Commercial Fishing Association, Rhode Island Fishermen's Alliance and Garden
State Seafood Association.
Expresses its serious concern about
oil concessions reportedly granted within the marine area of the property, notes that any
decision to go forward with
oil exploration would be incompatible with World Heritage status, and urges the
State Party to enact legislation to prohibit
oil exploration within the Belize Barrier Reef System on the basis of its status as a World Heritage property;
Ben Gemen at The Hill reports that Secretary of
State John Kerry wants a
decision on the proposed Keystone XL
oil sands pipeline in the «near term, but did not define what «near term» means.»
The riven Senate, with the
decision today not to close out a modest package of energy initiatives focused on
oil drilling, is basically saying the following: Don't look for the vital 21st - century energy quest, let alone a reality - based approach to global warming, to begin within the borders of the United
States.
Though the art piece is in the northern part of the lake and remotely - located from any town or road, the plans to drill for
oil five miles out by Canadian company Amoco have sparked protest from across the world, prompting the
state to postpone the
decision for a permit.
The company sponsoring the controversial Keystone XL
oil pipeline Monday asked the
State Department to suspend the review of its federal permit application, a request that could push a final
decision on the pipeline beyond President Obama's tenure in office.
By the time the president made the
decision,
oil prices were so low that the «unlikely» low
oil price scenario in the
State Department Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)-- where
oil prices fell below $ 75 a barrel — had actually come to be and thus there was no shying away from the fact that the pipeline would cause the equivalent of over 6 million passengers cars worth of carbon pollution every year for at least 50 years.
Within the BOEM's Proposed Program
Decision Document, the agency
states: «There is no reason to exclude any of the proposed program areas in the Proposed Program Options based purely on the price of
oil and gas.»
Yet this amendment would bypass executive authority, injecting Congress into the
decision - making process that is already underway at the
State Department and force all of the risks of this tar sands pipeline onto the American people just to help Canadian companies ship
oil overseas.
Second, the agency's assertion that the current global price of
oil affects the
State Department's environmental conclusion — that Keystone XL would have no significant impact — is oddly at odds with the agency's position that the current global price of
oil has no effect on EPA's own policymaking
decisions.
Keep an eye on the dispute between ConocoPhillips and Venezuela over the illegal expropriation of
oil investments to watch how another sovereign
state attempts to push back against arbitral
decision: Venezuela is currently trying to get the ruling overturned.
The Supreme Court's
decision yesterday in
Oil States Energy Services v. Greene's Energy Group contained a clear articulation of the -LSB-...]
The Supreme Court's
decision is the latest in a series of important appellate judgments arising out of the long - running dispute concerning the enforcement of a Nigerian arbitral award between NNPC, the Nigerian
state - owned
oil company, and IPCO.
The Supreme Court's recent
decisions in SAS and
Oil States mark a milestone in the evolution of AIA post grant proceedings.
Oil States appealed to the Federal Circuit, which affirmed in an unpublished
decision.
In the first case,
Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC, No. 16 - 712 (U.S. Apr. 24, 2018), the Court ruled in a 7 - 2
decision that the IPR process does not violate Article III of the U.S. Constitution nor the Seventh Amendment, because it is a permissible exercise of agency regulation over public rights.
«TC Heartland v. Kraft has already created new trends in patent litigation, but the upcoming
decision in
Oil States v. Greene's Energy may have an even greater impact on PTAB cases,» said Brian Howard, Lex Machina's Associate General Counsel and Legal Data Scientist, and author of the report.
Scott Kamholz is quoted in a Law360 article providing opinions about the Supreme Court's recent
decisions in two patent cases,
Oil States Energy Services LLC v. Greene's Energy Group LLC and SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu.
Post By Jonathan L. Kennedy The U.S. Supreme held in a 7 - 2
decision (Justice Gorsuch and Chief Justice Roberts dissenting),
Oil States Energy Servs.
Lord Goldsmith QC of Debevoise & Plimpton and a team from Akin Gump have represented Russian
state - owned
oil company PJSC Tatneft in its successful appeal in the English Court of Appeal from a summary judgment
decision of the English High Court, allowing the case to proceed to trial.
Climate - related litigation is a reality, particularly in the United
States where action has been taken against private companies, administrative
decisions and government agencies... In relation to the impacts on Indigenous peoples, in February 2008 the Alaskan native village of Kivalina filed a lawsuit against a number of
oil, coal and power companies for their contribution to global warming and the impacts on homes and country disappearing into the Chukchi Sea.