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Americas
The US Supreme Court has denied certiorari for Purdue Pharma in a dispute over four of its patents covering OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride) against Teva, Mylan, Amneal and Epic Pharma. 17 November 2016
Americas
The US District Court for the District Court of Delaware has ruled in favour of Sweden-based pharmaceutical company Orexo in a patent battle against Actavis over Zubsolv. 17 November 2016
Americas
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Enterome, a pharmaceutical development and diagnostic company, have entered into a collaboration agreement focusing on immuno-oncology. 17 November 2016
Americas
India’s position on patenting genes borrows heavily from that of the US, but will the status quo change? Swarup Kumar of Remfry & Sagar reports. 17 November 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday remanded a case concerning surgical instruments back to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 16 November 2016
Africa
Pharmaceutical company Sanofi and its subsidiary Genzyme have recovered a domain name that infringed a trademark at the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center. 16 November 2016
Americas
A jury has decided that UK-based medical device company Medtronic must pay $20.3 million in damages to a doctor for patent infringement. 15 November 2016
Big Pharma
The English Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by US company Idenix Pharmaceuticals in a patent battle against Gilead Sciences. 15 November 2016
Americas
Allergan has filed a complaint against pharmaceutical wholesaler Amazon Medica in the US District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division for alleged trademark infringement. 14 November 2016
Americas
US-based law firm Merchant & Gould has hired a new partner to its Silicon Valley and Minneapolis offices. 14 November 2016