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Americas
US law firm Merchant & Gould has hired Alireza Behrooz as a partner in the firm’s chemical and life sciences group in Washington, DC. 23 November 2015
Americas
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final approval of Endo’s $8 billion acquisition of Par Pharmaceutical, saying it is not anti-competitive. 19 November 2015
Americas
The proliferation of brands, combined with the financial and PR consequences of a potential rebrand in the event of infringement, has made selecting a trademark trickier than ever. Christina Martini and Virginia Wolk Marino of DLA Piper report. 19 November 2015
Americas
Law firm BakerHostetler has hired Benjamin Hsing as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property group in New York. 19 November 2015
Europe
The English High Court has affirmed the validity of Eli Lilly’s European patent covering the use of the drug Strattera (atomoxetine), used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. 18 November 2015
Big Pharma
Biopharmaceutical company Celgene has finally found success in fending off a challenge to one of its patents from Kyle Bass’s organisation the Coalition for Affordable Drugs. 17 November 2015
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will consider en banc whether a “supplier exception” should be included in laws that prevent the patenting of inventions that have already been on sale. 16 November 2015
Americas
Law firm Wolf Greenfield has hired Jeffrey Hsi as a shareholder in its pharmaceutical practice. 16 November 2015
Americas
Roxane Laboratories’s bid to knock out Prometheus Laboratories's patent covering its Lotronex (alosetron) product has been successful after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that it is invalid. 13 November 2015
Americas
Abbott Laboratories has successfully obtained an injunction against a number of US retailers selling ‘grey good’ strips for diabetics that had been manufactured in Ireland and later sold in the US at a lower price. 12 November 2015