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Fed Circ removes Apple import watch ban threat
Americas
Fed Circ removes Apple import watch ban threat
Appeals court affirms PTAB’s invalidation of three heart monitoring patents | Decision voids limited exclusion order that temporarily halted Apple watch imports into the US.   11 March 2025
Trouble at the USPTO—Part I: Why government cutbacks are making everyone nervous
Americas
Trouble at the USPTO—Part I: Why government cutbacks are making everyone nervous
Return-to-office orders, redundancies, hiring freezes—do changes sweeping through the US agency ‘risk breaking the system’? Marisa Woutersen finds patent practitioners fearful of the future.   6 March 2025
Regeneron edges closer to Eylea market exclusivity amid biosimilar threats
Americas
Regeneron edges closer to Eylea market exclusivity amid biosimilar threats
New York biotech scores win as Fed Circ upholds preliminary injunction against Celltrion's biosimilar launch | Ruling follows intense scrutiny during Federal Circuit oral arguments | Decision follows similar rulings against Samsung Bioepis and Formycon.   6 March 2025
Careers
Jones Day adds experienced patent litigators from Weil
Based in Silicon Valley and San Francisco, the duo bring experience in patent litigation across life sciences, biotechnology, and high technology, including a recent victory overturning a $96 million jury verdict in an organ transplant testing case.   4 March 2025
Europe
La Prairie accused of stealing caviar biotech for luxury skincare line
UK biotech firm accuses luxury skincare brand La Prairie of misappropriating proprietary research on caviar-derived ingredients | Lawsuit claims La Prairie lacked expertise to develop the tech before accessing confidential trade secrets.   4 March 2025
Americas
Paul Hastings adds Latham tech transactions expert as co-chair
Former Latham & Watkins global vice chair joins the firm as co-chair of its technology transactions practice | New partner brings experience in biotechnology, life sciences, technology, artificial intelligence and sustainable energy.   27 February 2025
Americas
Fed Circ ruling on Wuhan import ban shakes up economic prong analysis
Key ruling in favour of Kansas-based biotech on genetically engineered proteins from China | Court supports ITC position | Small market segments can be substantial enough for domestic industry requirement.   11 February 2025
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Morgan Lewis expands team with five-partner hire
Five partners from Knobbe Martens join the firm | New arrivals bolster Morgan Lewis’s capabilities in patent and trademark litigation.   11 February 2025
Americas
Whoop faces suit over tech in health tracker watch
Popular fitness tracker device accused of infringing patents owned by Omni MedSci | Plaintiff previously sued Apple over Apple Watch.   6 February 2025
Americas
Regeneron holds off copies of $6bn eye treatment
Federal Circuit upholds preliminary injunctions blocking highly similar versions of Eylea | Samsung Biopeis and Formycon failed to convince that the patent-in-suit was invalid.   4 February 2025