Biotech news
Americas
Law firm Michael Best has opened a new office in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the chair of its life sciences industry group Lisa Mueller will serve as office managing partner. 6 April 2017
Americas
Law firm Schiff Hardin has hired a new partner to its global generic pharmaceuticals practice. 5 April 2017
Americas
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System and cancer research company Gensetix have filed a patent complaint against Baylor College of Medicine, Diakonos Research and an inventor called William Decker. 5 April 2017
Biotech
European developments surrounding the patentability of plants and animals have become rather political, but there are ways for patentees to mitigate the effects of political influence over the patenting process, writes Jane Wainwright of Potter Clarkson. 4 April 2017
Asia
Agriculture company Monsanto has lost a patent and trademark dispute against Indian agribusiness Nuziveedu Seeds. 30 March 2017
Pharma
"The disadvantage of going for an Arrow declaration is that you have to put all your cards on the table," says Lorna Brazell of Osborne Clarke. 30 March 2017
Americas
A new law on supplementary protection certificates will be implemented on April 1, with the application, prosecution and maintenance of SPCs taking centre stage. José Manuel González
of Clarke, Modet & Co reports. 27 March 2017
Americas
Fluorescent reagent company Biotium has filed a complaint against biotech company Genecopoeia for patent and trademark infringement, as well as unfair competition. 21 March 2017
Americas
Dow Agrosciences has secured attorneys’ fees from Bayer in a patent dispute, after Bayer failed in its appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 20 March 2017
Asia
There is an urgent need for an effective global legal regime to prevent bio piracy, according to Rita Teaotia, commerce secretary of India. 16 March 2017