Foley Hoag partner Alexander Akhiezer will speak as part of a Ukraine Global Faculty Lecture Series on patent enforcement. Attendees will explore the strategic utilization of patents as tools to safeguard market share. Key topics will include understanding claim construction, identifying various types of infringement, and examining potential defenses available against patent infringement claims.
Join Tom Barker, Partner and Regina DeSantis, Associate for (2) ½ day sessions focused on emergency medicine as part of the MHA 2024 Emergency Medicine Summit. Sessions will include discussions on issues such as resources and access for migrants, Medicaid redetermination and impact on emergency departments, including boarding, behavioral health issues and a regulatory update.
Foley Hoag is proud to sponsor the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) 2024 “State of the Possible” conference, the premier event for the Massachusetts life science industry. Attendees from across the ecosystem will gather for an agenda featuring top pharmaceutical and biotech leaders, who will take the stage to speak to the conference theme of Meeting the Moment.
Foley Hoag Partner Colin Zick will join a panel discussion on “Data Privacy Considerations Within Medical Information Operations,” as part of Q1 Productions’ 9th Annual Customer Centric Medical Information Conference. The panel will decode current regional and global patient data privacy laws, highlight critical legislations and the impact on medical information teams’ inquiry responses, and forecast upcoming changes and evolution to the privacy law landscape.
Rapid changes in the U.S. state privacy statutory landscape, and the potential for new federal privacy legislation, would be challenging enough for medical information teams. The introduction of AI into the health information ecosystem makes that hard task even harder.
In this session at the Q1 Productions 9th Annual Customer Centric Medical Information Conference, Foley Hoag Partner and Privacy and Data Security Co-Chair Colin Zick will help attendees decode current regional and global patient data privacy laws while forecasting the upcoming changes and evolution to the privacy law landscape.
Foley Hoag Partner Jeffrey I.D. Lewis will join the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) for an informative webinar hosted jointly by the Patent Law and Patent Litigation Committees. The panelists will provide insights on recent claim construction cases including Google v. Ecofactor, Malvern Panalytical v. TA Instruments-Waters, K-Fee v. Nespresso and Promptu Systems v. Comcast. Following the individual case analyses, the panelists will engage in a dynamic discussion, sharing insights and best practices that arise from the claim construction decisions.
Foley Hoag is pleased to support the Energy Bar Association Annual Meeting and Conference. Attendees to the conference include energy professionals, regulators, and industry leaders who work in the energy law and policy sector.
Foley Hoag Partner Tory Lauterbach will be moderating a panel discussion titled: “Accelerating Transmission Expansion in 2024 and Beyond: Addressing Planning and Permitting.”
The cannabis market and regulatory landscape continues to evolve in Maryland, as licenses are awarded by lotteries and new cannabis statutes get passed in legislative sessions. On the horizon, the Foley Hoag team is also looking at new Emergency Regulations that are scheduled to take effect by June 30, 2024, as well as opportunities to obtain a license. Foley Hoag's Maryland Cannabis team will discuss:
Despite not using march-in rights over the past 40 years to limit drug pricing, the Biden administration and governmental agencies are now turning to march-in as a potential means to lower drug pricing. Under the Bayh-Dole Act, the federal government has the right to “march in” on patented inventions created using federal funds to require the patent holder to license the patent to other applicants.
Foley Hoag partner Donald Ware will join this Strafford panel to review the history of the Bayh-Dole Act, lessons learned from past march-in petitions and the proposed NIST framework. The panel will discuss the implications and concerns for patent rights and innovation in the biopharma space.
The Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) is the leading association for intellectual property, technology and business development professionals, representing more than 6,500 business leaders and professionals through its 33 societies with members from 90 countries.
Foley Hoag partner and Licensing & Strategic Alliances practice Chair Sarah Cooleybeck will join LESI at their 2024 Annual Conference where she will present a roundtable discussion on "Best Practices for Maximizing Data Value in Life Sciences Collaborations."