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Africa
Ahead of the English Court of Appeal’s hearing in May in the Warner-Lambert case on second medical use patents, Charlotte Weekes and Tamsin Cornwell of Pinsent Masons examine some of the unanswered questions. 28 April 2016
Americas
Patent litigation related to Abbreviated New Drug Applications has increased by nearly 70% in the last two years, a report has claimed. 27 April 2016
Americas
Pharmaceutical company Takeda has recovered a domain name that is confusingly similar to its trademark. 26 April 2016
Americas
A group of biotechnology industry associations has stepped into the Ariosa v Sequenom dispute, which may be reviewed by the US Supreme Court. 25 April 2016
Big Pharma
Genetics analysis company Illumina has sued Switzerland-based Genoma. 22 April 2016
Americas
Unlike in the EU, Canada does not have additional pharma patent protection to compensate for regulatory delays, but that looks set to change, as Shirley Liang, an IP lawyer in Canada, explains. 21 April 2016
Americas
Law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has hired Keeto Sabharwal as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice in Washington, DC. 21 April 2016
Americas
German pharmaceutical company Merck has hit back at claims that it violated a trademark coexistence agreement with US-based Merck Sharp & Dohme. 20 April 2016
Biotechnology
New industry body the British Biosimilars Association has officially launched in the UK. 19 April 2016
Asia
Indian-based drugs companies BDR Pharmaceutical and Lee Pharmaceutical have reportedly abandoned their attempt to produce generic versions of two drugs developed by AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb. 18 April 2016