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Biotechnology
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
Unified Patent Court
International membership organisation launches platform enabling access to UPC cases and statistics | Tool aims to provide transparency amidst concerns and latest decision requiring legal representation to request access to court documents | Life sciences cases take up two-thirds of UPC cases. 20 February 2024
Big Pharma
Board determines that Nevro added subject matter to patent through amendment | Medtronic and Boston Scientific have successfully overturned 2019 decision rejecting opposition. 20 February 2024
Europe
It remains to be seen whether AI developers in the medical sector will benefit from the UK’s ‘flexible’ regulatory environment or find the lack of cohesion detrimental, say Jackie Mulryne and Beatriz San Martin of Arnold & Porter. 20 February 2024
Generics
While President Biden’s desire to reduce costs at the pharmacy counter is commendable, it is too blunt an instrument that would threaten innovation beyond the life sciences, argue former USPTO directors Andrei Iancu and David Kappos. 18 February 2024
Big Pharma
Judge says UK courts should depart from a European precedent following Brexit | MSD counsel says appeal had been granted due to courts' “ flip-flopping” on the precedent(s) set by the landmark cases Neurim and Santen. 15 February 2024
Big Pharma
US pharma firm has not admitted liability as part of agreement with Lipitor buyers following a long-running dispute over a cholesterol drug | Litigation against Sun Pharma’s Ranbaxy will continue. 15 February 2024
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The firm has appointed a leading attorney and a prosecutor to jointly lead its new division. 13 February 2024
Americas
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
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Appeals court sides with GSK unit in licensing dispute over ovarian cancer drug | Judges find fault with previous decision ordering the pharma firm to pay royalties on all sales of an ovarian cancer treatment. 13 February 2024