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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dispute halted by court
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dispute halted by court
A US District Court has granted a motion to stay the company’s lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech | Decision pauses proceedings until two inter partes review proceedings are resolved.   16 April 2024
Court sides with Arbutus on claims in Moderna COVID vaccine patent row
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Court sides with Arbutus on claims in Moderna COVID vaccine patent row
Delaware district court more convinced by Arbutus on claim construction points | Canadian biotech “pleased” with outcome in latest round of dispute over lipid nanoparticles delivery system.   9 April 2024
In-house litigation expert joins Polsinelli
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In-house litigation expert joins Polsinelli
Former Biogen counsel brings expertise in patent litigation for startups- Fortune 500 biotech giants | Experience in gene sequencing, computational biology, diagnostic software, and biosimilars.   2 April 2024
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China IP office upholds CRISPR/Cas9 patent owned by Dublin biotech firm
ERS Genomics, founded by CRISPR co-inventor Emmanuelle Charpentier, celebrates as China rejects invalidity challenges | News follows on heels of a similar Japan Patent Office decision.   26 March 2024
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Personalised medicine and patent protection: The key issues so far
It is critical that the emerging field of personalised medicine receives appropriate patent protection, explain Joel Coles and Theo Cooper of Powell Gilbert.   14 March 2024
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Medtech firms clash over reverse shoulder surgery tech
US medical device company alleges Catalyst Orthoscience infringed patent through reverse shoulder surgery system | Firm seeks to enforce a patent granted in October last year.   29 February 2024
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UPC Court of Appeal revokes NanoString injunction in first substantive decision
UPC overturns previous decision barring NanoString from selling CosMx products in 17 European countries | Court did not stay proceedings on account of NanoString’s Chapter 11 filing.   27 February 2024
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Johnson & Johnson subsidiary tries to overthrow $20m verdict
DePuy Synthes tries to overturn a ruling over knee replacement device | Challenges the court's decision, including ownership disputes, interpretation of critical terms, and the granting of a permanent injunction.   27 February 2024
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Dispute resolution in Asian biotech joint ventures: things to consider
Agreeing to a dispute resolution mechanism in an international joint venture requires forward thinking, say Jens Petry and Tom Gassmann, Squire Patton Boggs.   22 February 2024
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USPTO: AI-inventions ‘not categorically unpatentable’
US Patent and Trademark Office publishes ‘clear’ guidance mandating AI-related patents to have ‘significant’ human involvement | Cites one hypothetical example relating to the development of a compound for treating cancer | Kathi Vidal: ‘patent system was developed to incentivise and protect human ingenuity’.   13 February 2024