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Biopharmaceutical company Gilead has escaped a finding of enhanced damages in its patent dispute with Idenix Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Merck. 25 September 2017
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Japanese drug maker Kowa has won a patent infringement case against Amneal and Apotex over their Abbreviated New Drug Applications. 25 September 2017
Americas
To evaluate how the CRISPR licensing landscape might evolve, parties need to analyse the current patent environment. 22 September 2017
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Innovators in Canada can now enjoy patent term extension for the first time as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada entered into force provisionally today. 21 September 2017
Big Pharma
Recent developments in China’s patent law and practice offer an exciting outlook for the future, said a senior partner at Wanhuida Peksung. 21 September 2017
Americas
White and Williams has strengthened its IP team with the addition of Melissa Nott Davis as counsel in its Boston Office. 21 September 2017
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Feng Zhang, one of the pioneers of CRISPR technology, has been announced as the 2017 recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which honours outstanding inventors. 20 September 2017
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A settlement has been reached between two former University of California, Davis professors who were found liable for infringing strawberry seed patents and the University of California regarding its strawberry breeding programme. 20 September 2017
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Jackson Laboratory, a non-profit medical research institution, is attempting to compel arbitration against Nanjing University over the sale of genetically modified mice. 20 September 2017
Americas
The Unified Patent Court is likely to spark years of uncertainty and may even become part of the UK’s negotiations for Brexit. 19 September 2017