MedTech news
Americas
Ariosa Diagnostics has urged the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reject Sequenom’s en banc request, stating that behind its “sky is falling” rhetoric is really a demand for courts to revise the US Supreme Court’s two-part test in determining the eligibility of a patent. 22 October 2015
Americas
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear manufacturer W L Gore & Associates’s request for clarity on whether US patent law stipulates that patent licensing agreements must be placed in writing. 6 October 2015
Americas
Researchers should keep in mind that broad claims applying the discovery of a biomarker and disease correlation are currently patentable in Europe but not in the US. Andrew Carridge and Neil Thornton of Reddie & Grose report. 17 September 2015
Americas
A US appeals court has revived a dispute in which a lower court previously ruled that there should not be a trial to determine whether pharmaceutical company Hospira infringed three patents. 14 September 2015
Americas
Law firm Dechert has hired Andrea Reid as partner to the firm’s intellectual property practice in Boston. 14 August 2015
Americas
Medical device makers Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, and Covidien will head back to a US court after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit revived their patent dispute concerning ultrasonic surgical devices. 10 August 2015
Europe
Proactively managing patent portfolios is an investment that pays for itself in reduced patent costs. Bruno Reynolds, who works at the consultancy arm of Isis Innovation, the technology transfer company of the University of Oxford, explains more. 6 August 2015
Americas
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic has asked the US Supreme Court to vacate a lower court ruling that it indirectly infringed a patent covering a machine used during spinal surgery, citing the latest ruling in Commil USA v Cisco Systems. 28 July 2015
Americas
Enzo Life Sciences has agreed to settle a patent infringement dispute with Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, in what was one of 12 cases that Enzo had filed simultaneously. 24 July 2015
Asia
Police in China have reportedly seized 20,000 boxes of counterfeit drugs and detained more than 20 people thought to be selling them online. 20 July 2015