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Americas
Law firm BakerHostetler has hired Wanda French-Brown as a counsel in the firm’s patent litigation team in New York. 22 March 2016
Americas
Sequenom has urged the US Supreme Court to hear its patent dispute with Ariosa Diagnostics. 22 March 2016
Americas
Law firm Sidley Austin has expanded its intellectual property capabilities by hiring Bradford Badke, Sona De and Ching-Lee Fukuda as partners in the firm’s New York office 22 March 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected Mylan’s attempt to dismiss two patent lawsuits on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction. 21 March 2016
Americas
A US court has ruled that two patents covering the Repatha drug, owned by biotechnology company Amgen, are valid. 18 March 2016
Americas
Law firm Perkins Coie has hired Mark Wicker as a partner in the firm’s technology transactions and privacy practice in San Diego. 18 March 2016
Americas
The US Federal Trade Commission has urged a federal appeals court to correct errors in a judgment from a Pennsylvania court that found the plaintiff in a pay-for-delay case had failed to prove that the agreement breached US competition law. 17 March 2016
Big Pharma
Pharmaceutical company GSK has announced to shareholders that its chief executive Sir Andrew Witty will be retiring from his role in 2017. 17 March 2016
Americas
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has instituted trials on four patents owned by Acorda Therapeutics following challenges from the Coalition for Affordable Drugs and hedge fund manager Kyle Bass. 16 March 2016
Americas
Law firm Proskauer Rose has expanded its life sciences patent practice by hiring Fangli Chen as a partner and Daniel Klein as a senior patent counsel. 16 March 2016