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Big Pharma
Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda has agreed to acquire biotech company Shire for $62 billion. 8 May 2018
Asia
India’s Supreme Court has refused to stay an order which held that agricultural company Monsanto’s patent on genetically modified cotton seeds is invalid. 8 May 2018
Americas
Allergan and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals have reached a settlement with India-based Aurobindo Pharma, resolving litigation over a generic version of a constipation drug. 4 May 2018
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has confirmed that individuals need not have contributed equally to be considered joint inventors of patentable subject matter, in a case involving a dog mobility device. 4 May 2018
Big Pharma
The EU General Court ruled in favour of Pfizer today after the company had opposed a trademark application made by Gall Pharma. 3 May 2018
Americas
The filing of patent cases related to Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) soared at the US District Court for the District of Delaware last year, while filings dramatically fell in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 3 May 2018
Big Pharma
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced that patent litigator Frédéric Chevallier will join the firm as a partner. 3 May 2018
Europe
The European Patent Office has revoked a patent covering Mylan’s EpiPen injector after finding that patent amendments contravened the European Patent Convention (EPC). 2 May 2018
Europe
The European Commission has approved agrochemical company BASF’s acquisition of some of Bayer’s crop science business after BASF vowed to sell certain assets. 2 May 2018
Americas
Innovators are being encouraged to research the benefits of using trade secrets as an effective method of protecting inventions. 1 May 2018