Our summer issue highlights our showcase event of the year—the Annual Dinner to Honor the Federal Judiciary—and dives into some of the most recent developments on the § 101 front, including articles analyzing cases in which subject matter eligibility was deemed to exist ( and ), and those in which it was not ( and , the latter of which the BPLA filed an brief in support of Sequenom’s Petition for Cert). Damages are also a hot topic as of late, as evidenced by the articles about Halo and Federal Circuit royalty cases. This issue also contains an article about sequence listing, one about the case that wasn’t—, information about a new expedited procedure at the USPTO for cancer immunotherapy patent applications, and an article about patent agent privilege in the U.S. and Canada. I hope our members have found some time to relax and enjoy their summer, and look forward to seeing our members out-and-about as the fall is in full swing before we know it.

Rory P. Pheiffer, Editor-in-Chief

: A Study of the Federal Circuit’s Recent Section 101 Opinions

By Stephen A. Marshall

Reasonable Royalties and the Federal Circuit in 2015: Evolution of the Revolution

By Joel Wacek

The Case that Wasn’t

By Edmund (Ed) J. Walsh

Annual Dinner to Honor the Federal Judiciary an Evening Enjoyed by the Bench, Bar, and Guests

By Erik Belt

- 2016 Highlighting New England’s Innovators

BPLA Files in Support of Sequenom’s Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

By Erik Paul Belt, Timothy R. Shannon and Wayne A. Keown

Community Calendar

Here you can find out about upcoming events and view photo galleries of past events.

Boston, Massachusetts Foley Hoag LLP

Employment Opportunities

Cambridge, Massachusetts Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard

Cambridge, Massachusetts Ironwood Pharmaceuticals

Boston, MA Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Boston, Massachusetts Ogletree Deakins

Marlborough, NY Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP

Waltham, Massachusetts Thermo Fisher Scientific

Boston, Massachusetts Lathrop & Gage LLP

Decision Regarding the Standard for Willfulness

By Deborah J. Hinck

By Matthew B. Pinckney

USPTO Launches Pilot Program for Early Review of Cancer Immunotherapy Patent Applications

Members on the Move

By Harbor Consulting IP Services, Inc.

Check Yo’self Before You Wreck Yo’self (or Your Sequence Listing)

By Yale Yechiel N. Robinson

Patent Agent Privilege in the United States and Canada