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Genetic technologies settles infringement suit over non-DNA coding technology
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- May 2 2013
Genetic Technologies Ltd. (GTG) has reportedly settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed in late 2012 against PreventionGenetics. While the terms
SCOTUS hears arguments on patentability of human genes
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- USA
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- April 18 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard arguments on Monday specifically addressing whether "human genes are patentable." Ass'n for Molecular Pathology
Court dismisses action to correct inventorship of two patents
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- May 19 2011
A federal court in Massachusetts has determined that genetic researchers could neither substitute themselves as the inventors of two patents nor correct the patents' inventorship to add their names under 35 U.S.C. 256, because they had not engaged in any collaborative efforts with the named inventors
Eleventh Circuit turns aside FTC challenge to pay-for-delay deal
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- USA
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- May 3 2012
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed an antitrust action filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against a name-brand prescription drug manufacturer (the patent holder) and generic drug companies that entered into pay-for-delay agreements to settle patent infringement claims filed against the generic drug companies
Study shows rise in biotech patent litigation
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- USA
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- September 20 2012
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has released its “2012 Patent Litigation Study,” which shows that the 4,105 patent lawsuits filed in 2011 marked a high point and a 22-percent increase from the previous year
Federal Circuit’s patent infringement ruling conflicts with USPTO re-examination on validity
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- USA
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- November 1 2012
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request for an en banc rehearing by a medical-device patent holder which argued that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Board of Patent Appeals had effectively nullified a previous Federal Circuit decision on the validity of its patent
Moody’s claims “the worst is over” for pharmaceutical companies facing patent cliff
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- USA
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- October 3 2012
Moody’s Investor Services has reportedly revised its outlook for the global pharmaceutical industry and upgraded it to stable, apparently anticipating that earnings will rebound in 2013 with the slowdown in patent expirations, characterized by many industry observers as the “patent cliff.”
Biotech company settles claims that counsel divulged confidential information
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- USA
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- April 21 2011
A federal court in California has dismissed with prejudice claims that a biotech company filed against its former counsel alleging that the law firm had provided confidential information about the company's patent applications to another client
Federal Ccircuit panel returns to Gore-Tex graft dispute, clarifies willfulness standard for enhanced damages
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- USA
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- June 21 2012
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated parts of its February 2012 decision in a long-running patent dispute over a prosthetic vascular graft and remanded the matter for the district court to address the objective prong of the willfulness standard and reconsider its denial of W.L. Gore’s motion for judgment as a matter of law of no willful infringement. Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. W.L. Gore & Assoc., Inc., No. 2010-1510 (Fed. Cir., decided June 14, 2012
News Bytes - April 18, 2013
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- USA
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- April 18 2013
The U.S. Department of Commerce announces the winners of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patents for Humanity pilot program. The awards
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