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Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has vacated and remanded a case between Classen Immunotherapies and Elan Pharmaceuticals, to determine whether Elan infringed a Classen patent when it tried to change the product label for one of its drugs. 18 May 2015
Asia
The Supreme Court of India has ordered Glenmark Pharmaceuticals to stop making generic versions of Merck Sharp & Dohme’s diabetes drugs Januvia and Janumet. 18 May 2015
Americas
The University of Oxford has today launched a £300 million project aimed at enhancing the intellectual property of businesses active in the life sciences and medicinal sciences industries. 14 May 2015
Americas
The ability of third parties to participate in patent challenges has led to new dynamics, including the possibility of parties profiting from movements in stock price and the prospect of patent oppositions by not-for-profit proxies, as Marc Cavan and Phillip Kurs of law firm Ropes & Gray describe. 14 May 2015
Americas
The Foundation for AIDS Research has warned that the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s changes to IP policy could restrict access to affordable generic medicines in low and middle income countries. 13 May 2015
Big Pharma
The European Patent Office has revoked a patent covering biotechnology company Celgene’s cancer drug Revlimid. 12 May 2015
Asia
The Indian Patent Office has rejected Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutica’s application to patent its HIV drug Edurant, according to a report by The Financial Express. 12 May 2015
Americas
LSIPR takes a look at what the Practical Law Life Sciences Forum, due to take place on June 25, has to offer. 12 May 2015
Americas
The Supreme Court of California has ruled that so-called “pay-for-delay” patent settlements can be challenged under state antitrust law in a case centering on Bayer’s antibiotic drug Cipro. 11 May 2015
Americas
Law firm Burns & Levinson has expanded its intellectual property practice with the hire of life sciences attorneys John Hamilton and Gabriel Goldman. 11 May 2015