Angélique McCall
Angélique McCall
is a registered patent attorney with Brackett & Ellis, PC. She has experience representing clients in matters involving complex commercial litigation in the oil and gas industry, patent law and representing insures in matters involving coverage and bad faith.
Ms. McCall has worked as a Patent Examiner Extern at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She also has wide-ranging experience in domestic and international corporate administration. She served as a project manager for scientific microbiological research in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Posts by Angélique McCall
Navigating Amazon’s Neutral Patent Evaluation in Real Life: Part II
In part one of this series, I outlined the preliminary steps I took on behalf of my client “Bill” to initiate Amazon’s Neutral Patent Evaluation Process. …
Navigating Amazon’s Neutral Patent Evaluation in Real Life: Part I
You come up with a brilliant idea for an invention, pour your heart and soul into reducing it to practice and spend a great deal of time …
US Supreme Court Tackles Copyright Registration Circuit Split
Some circuit courts have held that a work is “registered” and the copyright owner can sue an infringer as soon as the applicant files the application, deposits …
Big Pharma, Generics and Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Generic drug manufacturers can pose major financial threats to those companies that invent and develop the copied drugs both domestically and internationally... Before TRIPS, most of the …
Drug Product Pipelines: Potential Blockbusters?
Drug manufactures spend billions of dollars in R&D and it takes years to get FDA approvals and patent protection. It is vital that these companies keep …
What happens when lifestyle drugs like Viagra and Cialis lose patent protections?
Each year, millions of men rely on pharmaceuticals like Viagra and Cialis for their erectile dysfunction (ED), but they may not be the only ones facing dysfunctionalities. …
The FDA process, patents and market exclusivity
A patent is not the only path to exclusivity. In fact, the FDA characterizes patents and "exclusivity" separately. "Exclusivity" refers to exclusive marketing rights granted by the …
Kevin Spacey joins the ranks of Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein since receiving a U.S. Patent
What do Kevin Spacey, Abraham Lincoln, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Jackson all have in common? Besides being famous, they all have patents. Kevin Spacey and his …
Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp. makes its way to the Supreme Court
On one hand, LifeTech argues that the Federal Circuit ruling was in conflict with the text and structure of the Patent Act as well as the presumption …
Innovation can create economic success in developing countries facing the middle-income trap
A rising tide lifts all boats. While an age-old saying, the concept is relatively simple really. Of course, the path to broad based economic opportunity for all …
Freezing Out Cancer? How scientists are using cryo-electron microscopy to make advances in cancer research
Scientists led by Sriram Subramaniam, PhD, of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Cancer Research, are using cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) to analyze and image molecules, so …
The CRISPR Clash: Who owns this groundbreaking, DNA altering technique?
Right now, behind the walls of the USPTO, there is a fiery interference battle occurring between two scientific teams over who created a groundbreaking, DNA altering technique …
IP Offshoring: The Pros, Cons and Potential Cost Savings
There are two main business strategies of offshoring, called the captive form model and independent contractor model. The captive firm model is when a company hires their …
