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Mike Young was selected in the LSIPR 50 2017 publication for his influence on the life sciences industry. He featured in the legal section, as LSIPR reports. 10 November 2017
Americas
Raj Panjabi was selected in the LSIPR 50 2017 publication for his influence on the life sciences industry. He featured in the business and innovation section, as LSIPR reports. 9 November 2017
Americas
Sovereign immunity has been used to harm the IP system in recent years, according to Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. 9 November 2017
Big Pharma
The Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court has invalidated a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) owned by Gilead. 9 November 2017
Biotechnology
In September 2016, the German Federal Supreme Court decided a patent case that could have a major impact on companies working in the diagnostics field. Joachim Wachenfeld of Vossius & Partner reports. 9 November 2017
Americas
Past successes by trailblazers in other biotechnological fields could assist potential patentees navigate legal bumps along the road to IP protection for CRISPR-related inventions, as Patricia Carson and Ashley Ross of Kirkland & Ellis describe. 9 November 2017
Big Pharma
Generic drugs maker Accord Healthcare has lost a battle to have a patent invalidated at the English High Court. 8 November 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has backed a ruling by the US Patent and Trademark Office which invalidated a patent owned by the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. 8 November 2017
Big Pharma
Switzerland-based Roche has confirmed it will provide a cancer drug free of charge after an altercation with the Greek government. 7 November 2017
Americas
Cindy Ahn, a former counsel at Schiff Hardin, has joined private equity firm Longford Capital to help handle demand for litigation finance among life sciences and biotech firms. 6 November 2017