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Big Pharma
Europe is not providing an adequate level of patent protection to the medical device industry, and while a solution exists, legislators need to be brave enough to abandon convention and adopt it, argue Reuben Jacob and Fiona Kellas of Jenkins. 6 June 2016
Asia
Over the past few years there have been a number of IP developments in the pharma and biotech industries in Japan, including on patent term extension and product-by-process claims. Osamu Yamamoto of Yuasa and Hara provides a roundup. 6 June 2016
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More than 15,000 life sciences industry professionals will arrive in San Francisco for the 2016 BIO International Convention from June 6 to 9. LSIPR highlights some of the most interesting sessions 6 June 2016
Americas
If you can find the time between attending sessions and networking, making the most of the local area is an essential part of the 2016 BIO International Convention. LSIPR offers five tips for things to see and do in San Francisco. 6 June 2016
Americas
In an interview with LSIPR, Hans Sauer, deputy general counsel for intellectual property at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, explains more about the big issues affecting it at the moment and how the trade association is responding. 6 June 2016
Biotechnology
Birmingham—Britain’s second city—with a leading university for research and development, allows biotech companies to enjoy the benefits of a cluster, as James Wilkie, CEO of Alta Innovations, the commercial spinout of the University of Birmingham, told LSIPR. 5 June 2016
Biotechnology
The biotech industry on both sides of the Atlantic is facing serious challenges in protecting its inventions, argues Nathalie Moll, secretary general of EuropaBio, which is organising a discussion on the topic at the 2016 BIO International Convention in San Francisco. 5 June 2016
Americas
Mexico and other signatories to the TPP face a number of challenges on the IP front in implementing its reforms, as Iliana Ramirez Villaseñor of Leyva, Montenegro, Trigueros Abogados reports. 3 June 2016
Europe
In Russia, more attention is being paid towards the correlation between IP rights and competition restrictions, and pharma companies should keep abreast of developments, says Ilya Goryachev of Gorodissky & Partners. 3 June 2016
Americas
President Barack Obama has praised scientists and the technology industry at the honorary ceremony for scientists at the White House. 2 June 2016