Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting is one of the most complicated and most confounding aspects of U.S. patent law. Although a Terminal Disclaimer can overcome most obviousness-type double patenting rejections, Terminal Disclaimers are not permitted in all circumstances where obviousness-type double patenting may arise. In a Federal Register Notice dated December 30, 2020, the USPTO published proposed rule changes that would close one gap in Terminal Disclaimer practice related to inventions made pursuant to joint research agreements.
Terminal Disclaimer Practice
Obviousness-type double patenting may arise when a later-expiring patent/application claims subject matter that is deemed to be an obvious variation of subject matter claimed in an earlier-expiring patent/application with the same or overlapping inventorship or ownership. To avoid an “unjust timewise extension of the right to exclude” and “the risk of multiple inf
Lehigh Valley distillers surprised when FDA tells them to pay thousands for stepping up to make hand sanitizer mcall.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mcall.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
FDA slaps craft distilleries with fees for producing hand sanitizer at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic Posted By Nina Rangel on Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 12:03 PM click image Instagram / rangercreekwhiskey Craft distillers just can’t catch a break this year. Along with the hardships brought about by the pandemic such as the closure of their tasting rooms the Food and Drug Administration is now telling distilleries that produced hand sanitizer at the start of the pandemic that they ll need to pay a steep fee, the
The FDA is now informing the businesses that, due to a technical detail in recent pandemic relief legislation, they now owe the government more than $14,000, according to the newspaper.
FDA Foolishly Smacks Struggling Distillers With $14,000 Fee For Producing Hand Sanitizer
FDA Foolishly Smacks Struggling Distillers With $14,000 Fee For Producing Hand Sanitizer
(UPDATE) The FDA has backed down from this fee collection program after being told to do so by the federal Department of Health & Human Services. Read more on this latest development here.
Editor’s Note: It is our strong opinion here at The Whiskey Wash that this is a startling poor call on the part of the FDA at a time when these distilleries stepped up to do a decidedly public service. We call upon the government agency to rescind this fee described below immediately.
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Israeli soldier holds a gift package with products made in the Jewish settlements of Judea and Samaria (archive).
The US Customs and Border Protection agency on Wednesday issued a “Statement on Country of Origin Markings for Israeli and Palestinian Goods” that reads:
Today, US Customs and Border Protection published a Federal Register Notice to ensure that country of origin markings for Israeli and Palestinian goods are consistent with the United Statesâ foreign policy approach. The notice establishes that producers within certain areas designated in the Oslo Accords and the Hebron Protocol must mark their goods as âIsrael,â âProduct of Israel,â or âMade in Israelâ when exporting those goods to the United States. Parties that import these goods into the United States are responsible for ensuring compliance with the marking requirements.