Biotech news
Biotech
The life sciences sector in the UK is booming, as delegates at October’s BIA forum heard. Jane Wainwright of Potter Clarkson reports. 22 October 2015
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has declined to hear the Amgen v Sandoz ‘patent dance’ dispute en banc. 19 October 2015
Americas
A counsel for pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has said that recent court decisions, including Ariosa v Sequenom, will create a bar to innovation. 16 October 2015
Americas
The US’s consul general in Rio de Janeiro has urged the US and Brazilian governments to work together to tackle the long delay in biotechnology-related patents being granted at Brazil’s intellectual property office. 15 October 2015
Americas
Law firm BakerHostetler has hired Allen Sokal as counsel in the firm’s intellectual property group in Washington, DC. 15 October 2015
Biotech
The Dutch lobby to amend Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions will severely damage the ability of the biotech sector to innovate—and for no tangible reason, says Annemiek Verkamman of HollandBIO. 15 October 2015
Asia
The High Court of Australia’s decision in Myriad has led some observers to hit the panic button and demand immediate legislative change, but only isolated naturally-occurring genes are affected and the ruling should be read in that light, says Grant Shoebridge of Shelston IP. 15 October 2015
Americas
Biotechnology company Enzo Biochem has settled a patent lawsuit after its rival Affymetrix agreed to pay $10 million to resolve the case. 14 October 2015
Americas
Hedge fund manger Kyle Bass has secured his first inter partes review trial after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted a challenge against a patent owned by biopharmaceutical company Shire. 9 October 2015
Biotech
Supplementary protection certificates should take effect once an applicant for marketing authorisation has been notified of the authorisation, an advocate-general has urged the Court of Justice of the European Union to confirm. 2 October 2015