Tom Irving on Litigating 1st Hatch-Waxman Case & Mentoring 1000s in Patent Field

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English - May 05, 2023 08:45 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 79 ratings
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Eli is joined by the legend of the patent bar, the virtuoso of Federal Circuit decisions – Tom Irving. They discuss the rise of the pharmaceutical patent practice, the creation and current state of the Federal Circuit, why and how Tom mentored 1000s of patent attorneys, best practices for patent prosecution, and much more!

Chief Judge Moore’s efforts to oust Judge Newman

How Tom ended up practicing patent law

Why there are so many patent attorneys from and in Utah

Joining Finnegan, Henderson in the 70s

How general patent practice firms getting into patent law spurred the growth of the pharma patent practice

Working on the first Hatch-Waxman litigation

Stories about helping pharma start-ups build multibillion dollar patent portfolios

Advice for building valuable patent portfolios

Why pharma patents generally manage to survive PTAB proceedings

The cost of drugs

How Tom predicted issues raised by Salazar v. AT&T Mobility LLC

Whether the Federal Circuit should issue more en banc decisions

Should the Federal Circuit be responsible for uniformity in decisions?

Being law firm partners with Judge Kara Stoll

Being mentored by PJ Federico and others

Advice for mentoring others

Who should consider retiring

Tom’s retirement plans in 2054

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