Nanotechnology Law Report
This blawg addresses legal issues associated with nanotechnology developments as well as general nanotechnology news and events.
Author: John C. Monica Jr. is a partner at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur's Washington, D.C. office; Michael E. Heintz is an associate at Porter Wright's Columbus, Ohio office, and Patrick T. Lewis is an associate at Porter Wright's Cleveland office.
Blawg Related Categories: Science & Technology Law • Associate • Partner
Recent Posts from Nanotechnology Law Report
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Podcast: Nanotechnology Risk Management
Another insurance company has entered the nanotechnology risk debate. In addition to Lloyd's and Swiss re, ACE Casualty Risk recently released both a white paper and podcast discussing nanotechnology issues.The podcast discusses the white paper,…
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New Blog on Nanomedicine
For those of you interested in nanomedicine issues specifically, I wanted to make you aware of a new blog worth reading. The Nanomedicine and IP Blog is a newly created site by Luca Escoffier, a PhD…
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UPDATE: NNI Bill in Senate
The saga of the status of the NNI Reauthorization Bill in the Senate, S. 3274, continues. Remember we provided information previously about the status of reauthorization and the dangers involved in letting the legislation lapse. The…
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Vote on the Status of the NMSP
As most are aware, we've had some discussion on this site recently about the successes or failures of EPA's Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program. Well, the website NanoRegNews is asking for your opinion. Head over to…
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Nanotech and the Candidates
On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, I decided to do some quick research on the two mainstream candidate's websites, Barack Obama and John McCain (apologies to any Bob Barr or Ralph Nader supporters),…
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Tired of Waiting ... for EPA to Act [with apologies to Ray Davies]
The following article is contributed by Richard Denison, Senior Scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund. It is in response to a recent nanolawreport article regarding EPA's NMSP program. EDF's recent news release that gave a…
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Director of Cambridge Chamber of Commerce Responds to PEN's Boston Globe Article on Nano-plan.
A letter from the Director of Government Affairs for the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts' Chamber of Commerce was recently published in the Boston Globe responding to a prior opposite editorial article submitted by the Project on…
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FDA Public Meeting to Discuss Task Force Report
The Food and Drug Administration has announced its next public meeting to discuss the results of the Nanotechnology Task Force report. The meeting is September 8, and any comments on the Report are due by August…
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Nano and the Oympics
As you can probably tell, it's been a slow news week on the nanotechnology front. But I found the following pretty interesting--nanotechnology has a place in the Olympics. And no, its not related to the…