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Europe
The English High Court has invalidated Medac Gesellschaft’s patent covering its Metoject PEN syringe, the first patent decision handed down by the court in 2016. 18 January 2016
Africa
An individual working at India-based healthcare organisation Micro Labs has launched a mobile app which obtains relevant data on patents for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry professionals. 18 January 2016
Big Pharma
The English High Court has ruled that the US branch of pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme’s use of the ‘Merck’ trademark violated a previous agreement with its German rival. 15 January 2016
Big Pharma
A unitary supplementary protection certificate looks like a logical and desirable extension of the unitary patent system, and right owners and practitioners need to keep an eye on developments in EU regulation, as Andrew Webb and Graham Lewis of J A Kemp describe. 14 January 2016
Americas
Pharmaceutical companies have entered into fewer ‘pay-for-delay’ patent settlements since the US Supreme Court said such agreements could violate anti-competition laws, a report has claimed. 14 January 2016
Americas
Scientists from two US universities will fight out the ownership of the intellectual property rights to the CRISPR/Cas9 technology after the US Patent and Trademark Office agreed to initiate an interference proceeding. 13 January 2016
Americas
US politicians have called on the National Institute of Health to reveal when it would use its right to make companies license certain patents in order to stop drugs being priced too high. 12 January 2016
Americas
Law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has added Richard DeLucia, Elizabeth Gardner, Antony Pfeffer and Patrick Herman to the firm’s patent litigation group in New York. 12 January 2016
Americas
Biopharmaceutical company Shire has completed the $32 billion takeover of US-based Baxalta 11 January 2016
Africa
Intellectual property rights should be used to help valorise agricultural biodiversity and traditional knowledge for the benefit of the global population as well as small farming communities around the world, says Graham Dutfield of the University of Leeds. 11 January 2016