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Biotechnology
Advocate general Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe has advised Europe’s highest court on the scope of protection held by owners of plant variety rights. 19 September 2019
Big Pharma
A group of senators has urged the US Federal Trade Commission to closely scrutinise mergers in the pharmaceutical industry, which it said “increase competition issues and stifle innovation”. 19 September 2019
Americas
A US judge dismissed antitrust counterclaims brought against Allergan and Duke University earlier this week, in a lawsuit the pair filed against generics maker Akorn. 19 September 2019
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the US Patent and Trademark Office’s patent term adjustment of a Mayo Foundation-owned patent. 18 September 2019
Big Pharma
This week at the AIPPI World Congress 2019, counsel discussed how supplementary protection certificates and patent term extension regulations differ across jurisdictions. 17 September 2019
Big Pharma
The Court of Justice of the European Union last week issued its decision in a case concerning whether a ‘launch at risk’ bars compensation for a wrongfully issued preliminary injunction. 17 September 2019
Americas
A couple who worked at Ohio-based research institute Nationwide Children’s Hospital have been charged with stealing trade secrets and then using the information to market products through their Chinese company. 17 September 2019
Big Pharma
A district court has upped Vectura’s award of $89.7 million in damages by $10m, after a jury trial earlier this year found that GlaxoSmithKline has willfully infringed one of its patents. 16 September 2019
Big Pharma
The Trump administration has pledged to crack down on the sale of unauthorised vape products, amid growing public health concerns over the safety of e-cigarettes. 12 September 2019
Genetics
The University of Columbia has hit Illumina with a patent infringement suit relating to next-generation DNA sequencing, just days after the pharmaceutical company had one of the university’s patents invalidated at the US Patent and Trial Appeal Board. 12 September 2019