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Foley & Lardner adds litigation and transaction expert in New York
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Foley & Lardner adds litigation and transaction expert in New York
Firm expands its Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies Practice with latest addition | Partner brings nearly two decades of experience in IP strategy, litigation, and transactions | Experience in biotechnology, medical devices, and blockchain.   12 December 2024
Judge denies Intellia bid to throw out suit over $100m Regeneron pact
Americas
Judge denies Intellia bid to throw out suit over $100m Regeneron pact
BlueAllele “plausibly alleged” that some of Intellia’s uses of technology were not reasonably related to FDA approval | Biotech claimed competitor received over $100m from Regeneron for using innovation to research therapeutic candidates.   10 December 2024
Trump’s return sparks calls for pro-patent agenda
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Trump’s return sparks calls for pro-patent agenda
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his second term, the life sciences industry is calling for predictability, finds Marisa Woutersen.   5 December 2024
Americas
Amgen faces pushback over bid to narrow patent scope
German biotech asks federal judge to reject Amgen’s efforts to narrow scope of a key patent in ongoing dispute | Patent relates to Lindis' cancer immunotherapy treatment | Lindis calls on court to uphold the broader interpretation and claims Amgen’s attempt to narrow is inconsistent with the patent's history.   3 December 2024
Americas
Gene tech firm fends off injunction in test kit dispute
New England Biolab contends plaintiff’s patents are invalid and cover “unpatentable natural processes”| Biomodal had accused rival of infringing several patents covering methods to detect and modify DNA methylatian—a key part of epigenetic research   28 November 2024
Americas
Comparing life sciences IP in Brazil and the US
Key similarities and differences between the patent systems, particularly in biotech, offer lessons and opportunities for rightsholders, say Daniela Fasoli of Simões Propriedade Intelectual and Jeffrey Morton of Haynes and Boone.   28 November 2024
Europe
EPO invalidates human milk patent after Nestle opposition
European panel deals blow to a biotech company over human milk oligosaccharides used in infant formula | Patent opposed by giant Nestlé, FrieslandCampina, and Danisco questioning its inventive step.   26 November 2024
Americas
UPC bans Meril Life Sciences from selling infringing heart valve
Judges at Munich Local Division determined that Meril infringed Edwards Lifesciences’ patent | Meril ordered to stop selling and recall product as well as pay damages.   19 November 2024
Americas
‘We took Ravgen head-on’: How we won zero-damages and others didn't
Michael Summersgill and his co-counsel at WilmerHale secured more favourable outcomes for their clients than others in a series of lawsuits brought by Ravgen over pre-natal screening tests, he tells Sarah Speight.   14 November 2024
Careers
White & Case hires experienced litigator from A&O Shearman
Sapna Palla joins the firm in New York, bringing significant experience in complex life sciences and IP disputes to a growing practice.   12 November 2024