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Africa
An individual working at India-based healthcare organisation Micro Labs has launched a mobile app which obtains relevant data on patents for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry professionals. 18 January 2016
Big Pharma
The English High Court has ruled that the US branch of pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme’s use of the ‘Merck’ trademark violated a previous agreement with its German rival. 15 January 2016
Americas
Pharmaceutical companies have entered into fewer ‘pay-for-delay’ patent settlements since the US Supreme Court said such agreements could violate anti-competition laws, a report has claimed. 14 January 2016
Americas
Scientists from two US universities will fight out the ownership of the intellectual property rights to the CRISPR/Cas9 technology after the US Patent and Trademark Office agreed to initiate an interference proceeding. 13 January 2016
Americas
US politicians have called on the National Institute of Health to reveal when it would use its right to make companies license certain patents in order to stop drugs being priced too high. 12 January 2016
Americas
Law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has added Richard DeLucia, Elizabeth Gardner, Antony Pfeffer and Patrick Herman to the firm’s patent litigation group in New York. 12 January 2016
Americas
Biopharmaceutical company Shire has completed the $32 billion takeover of US-based Baxalta 11 January 2016
Europe
US-based gene sequencing company Illumina has claimed that The Doctors Laboratory’s use of the Harmony prenatal test provided by Ariosa Diagnostics infringes its patent. 8 January 2016
Americas
Enzo Biochem has agreed a $9 million settlement with Agilent Technologies in a patent infringement lawsuit centring on technology used in detecting nucleic acid. 7 January 2016
Americas
A US district court has ordered a stay in a patent infringement case between Jawbone and Fitbit as the International Trade Commission is due to issue its ruling on another case centring on the same patents. 6 January 2016