Biotech news
Asia
India-based vaccines and biotherapeutic manufacturer Bharat Biotech has said it has filed the first patent for a vaccine for the Zika virus. 5 February 2016
Biotech
The English High Court has revoked two European patents owned by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals covering transgenic mice. 3 February 2016
Biotech
UK-based drug discovery company Crescendo Biologics has hired Barbara Fleck as head of intellectual property. 2 February 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has knocked out two patents belonging to biotechnology company Illumina following a challenge by Intelligent Bio-Systems. 1 February 2016
Americas
Law firm Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik has hired Tedd Van Buskirk as partner in its intellectual property practice in Westfield, New Jersey. 26 January 2016
Americas
Law firm Barnes & Thornburg has hired Scott Rothenberger and Jeffrey Stone as partners in the firm’s intellectual property department in Minneapolis. 22 January 2016
Americas
Law firm Hogan Lovells has hired Michael Dougherty and Tony Pezzano as partners in the firm’s intellectual property media and technology practice group in New York. 21 January 2016
Biotech
The European Patent Office has revoked Monsanto’s patent covering virus-resistant melons on technical grounds, following opposition to its registration by the Indian government and activist group No Patents on Seeds. 21 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
Americas
Enzo Biochem has agreed a $9 million settlement with Agilent Technologies in a patent infringement lawsuit centring on technology used in detecting nucleic acid. 7 January 2016