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A US company has filed a lawsuit against global healthcare company GE Healthcare , alleging it has infringed its patented microscope technology. 30 October 2013
Americas
The governor of California, Jerry Brown, has refused to sign legislation seeking to introduce changes to the state’s pharmacy law on biosimilars. 29 October 2013
Asia
A court appeal by Bayer against India’s first ever compulsory licence on its patented cancer drug will start today, October 29. 29 October 2013
Big Pharma
Mr Justice Arnold has refused to recuse himself from a patent trial after he was accused of being conflicted by an expert witness. 28 October 2013
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The US District Court for the District of Arizona has rejected technology company W.L. Gore’s motion for a new trial to amend the judgment of its patent dispute with medical device maker C.R. Bard. 24 October 2013
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British barrister Richard Hacon is set to become the permanent presiding judge of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, multiple sources have told WIPR. 22 October 2013
Big Pharma
UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca announced on October 15 that its biologics R&D subsidiary MedImmune had acquired cancer drug maker Spirogen. 18 October 2013
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied a US company’s bid to trademark “Prevail” for medical devices used to treat obesity. 16 October 2013
Big Pharma
Patent litigator Jonathan Radcliffe has left Mayer Brown to become partner at Charles Russell LLP. 16 October 2013
Asia
Bayer has appealed against the IPAB’s compulsory licence order that allows domestic generic maker Natco Pharma to market its own version of liver and kidney cancer drug Nexavar, this time at the Mumbai High Court. 15 October 2013