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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
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Law firm Wolf Greenfield has hired Jeffrey Hsi as a shareholder in its pharmaceutical practice. 16 November 2015
Americas
US law firm Baker Donelson has expanded its Memphis office by hiring Cong Ding as of counsel in the firm’s intellectual property group. 30 October 2015
Biotech
There is “clearly a lot of unrest” in the patent law on molecular diagnostics, according to the head of licensing at Roche Diagnostics. 28 October 2015
Americas
Law firm Duane Morris has hired Paul Li as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice in San Francisco. 27 October 2015
Americas
Patent examiners not only have to tackle legal questions, but in cases of inventions directed to genetically modified animals they must consider moral issues too. This forms part of a wider controversial debate surrounding animals and patents. LSIPR reports. 27 October 2015
Americas
Non-profit organisation I-MAK is attempting to expose the problem at the heart of the patent system—that too often drug patents are wrongfully granted and consequently sick people in poorer countries are being left untreated. LSIPR delves deeper into the issues. 27 October 2015
Americas
In July the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sought to clarify the rules on the ‘patent dance’, but with confusion reigning there are likely to be more twists and turns to come, as LSIPR finds out. 27 October 2015
Asia
Despite the importance of traditional knowledge in many regions, an international treaty governing its control and exploitation does not exist yet—and talks have stalled. LSIPR reports. 27 October 2015
Americas
The future of Brazil’s technological innovation centres, which bring together public and private sector parties to develop mainly life sciences technology, looks bright. Gabriel Di Blasi and Felipe Barros Oquendo of Di Blasi, Parente & Associados report 27 October 2015