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Americas
A Californian judge has thrown out an attorney’s whistleblower lawsuit alleging Bausch Health Companies fraudulently obtained a patent for its ulcerative colitis drug Apriso. 14 May 2020
Americas
The US Supreme Court should not take up a petition asking whether it’s a violation of the Fifth Amendment for patents issued before the enactment of the American Invents Act to be subjected to inter partes reviews, according to the US government. 13 May 2020
Americas
Merck has added two US patents to its CRISPR-Cas9 patent portfolio, and is already seeking licensing and product development partners, the German company announced yesterday, May 11. 12 May 2020
Americas
A trademark infringement complaint filed by 3M is “short on ultimate facts and long on inflammatory, derogatory, and conclusory assertions”, according to the company accused of price-gouging in the suit. 12 May 2020
Medtech
A California spacecraft laboratory has made its respirator designs available for free and signed up to the IP sharing scheme, Open COVID Pledge. 11 May 2020
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a generic maker’s victory over pharmaceutical company Eagle Pharmaceuticals in a case involving cancer drug Belrapzo. 11 May 2020
Big Pharma
IP firm HGF has appointed two patent attorneys to partner, increasing the partner group to 63 partners. 11 May 2020
Americas
The US Patent and Trademark Office will allow plant patent applications to be filed online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has announced. 7 May 2020
Americas
Canada-based Bausch Health has agreed to settle its dispute with generic maker Sandoz over the latter’s attempt to release a generic version of antibiotic Xifaxan. 7 May 2020
Big Pharma
The exciting field of microbiome therapeutics offers many opportunities for ‘Big Pharma’ players that are staring over the exclusivity cliff, say Craig Thomson, Leena Contarino and Andrew Wells of HGF. 6 May 2020