IPBiz (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
A press release states of the WARF patent re-exam: The PTO examiner narrowed WARF's patent after the two groups requested a re-examination of the patent in July 2006. This NEVER happened. WARF altered some of the claims, not the examiner. This misstatement reminds one of John M. Simpson talking about all those American fighter planes in World War I, planes that didn't exist. The press...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... "WARF executives were acting like arrogant bullies blinded by dollar signs," said John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's Stem Cell Project Director. "Our challenge has engendered a more co-operative stance towards the stem cell research community on their part." "When we filed this challenge, we fully expected to take an appeal if necessary," said Dan Ravicher, PUBPAT's Executive...
IPBiz (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The californiastemcellreport notes that Robert Klein has resigned as president of the lobbying group Americans for Cures, a position he had held concurrently with his job as head of California's CIRM. John M. Simpson was quoted: "His [Gibbons'] phone call came after my posting the view today that holding both the state position and the advocacy position was untenable and the situation...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
... cell research efforts. "If the collaborations are driven by the science, that's great," said John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's Stem Cell Project Director. "If it's a matter of saying let's go international, just to play on the world stage, I would be dubious." The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) in announcing the agreements today said that the first opportunity...
