Biotech news
Asia
The High Court of Australia’s decision in Myriad has led some observers to hit the panic button and demand immediate legislative change, but only isolated naturally-occurring genes are affected and the ruling should be read in that light, says Grant Shoebridge of Shelston IP. 15 October 2015
Americas
Biotechnology company Enzo Biochem has settled a patent lawsuit after its rival Affymetrix agreed to pay $10 million to resolve the case. 14 October 2015
Americas
Hedge fund manger Kyle Bass has secured his first inter partes review trial after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted a challenge against a patent owned by biopharmaceutical company Shire. 9 October 2015
Biotech
Supplementary protection certificates should take effect once an applicant for marketing authorisation has been notified of the authorisation, an advocate-general has urged the Court of Justice of the European Union to confirm. 2 October 2015
Americas
A US presidential hopeful for the Democratic Party has urged the US to support a request that would permanently free poor countries from their responsibility to grant patent protection for drugs. 30 September 2015
Americas
Concern surrounding how the Unified Patent Court will operate echoes the worry that US patent owners had ahead of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s implementation, a US law firm has observed. 28 September 2015
Americas
Researchers should keep in mind that broad claims applying the discovery of a biomarker and disease correlation are currently patentable in Europe but not in the US. Andrew Carridge and Neil Thornton of Reddie & Grose report. 17 September 2015
Biotech
Supplementary protection certificates should take effect once an applicant for marketing authorisation has been notified of the authorisation, an advocate-general has urged the Court of Justice of the European Union to confirm. 10 September 2015
Biotech
An adviser at Europe’s highest court is expected to issue an opinion on whether the term of a supplementary protection certificate begins once it is authorised or when the applicant has been notified about it. 9 September 2015
Americas
A group of 23 law professors has urged the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to re-hear the Ariosa v Sequenom dispute en banc. 2 September 2015