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Big Pharma
Parties need to take care when considering interim injunctions and keep an eye on future IP litigation, says Jan Lindberg. 1 August 2014
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The development of gene technologies is still at a relatively early stage, with patent applications coming from research institutes and universities as well as industry. Gareth Williams has crunched the numbers. 1 August 2014
Biotechnology
The EPO generally accepts applications relating to human embryonic stem cells with an effective date after 2008 but discussions about eligibility continue, says Joachim Wachenfeld. 7 July 2014
Generics
The PharmaSea project is working to make viable drug candidates of novel compounds found under the sea. LSIPR discovers how the EU-funded initiative does it. 7 July 2014
Americas
Acting against infringers can involve the pharmaceutical regulatory framework and civil law as well as following the more usual pathways, says José R. Trigueros. 20 June 2014
Generics
There is no uniform interpretation of the scope of the Bolar exemption in Europe, but a CJEU opinion harmonising the issue may be on the way, says Rafal Witek. 20 June 2014
Americas
Amended rules for food and drink packaging seek to ensure that people can easily identify the high calorific content of some of these products, as Daniel Sanchez and Victor Ramirez report. 20 June 2014
Americas
Obviousness-type double patenting is a serious consideration that patent owners should keep in mind during the examination of an application or in performing due diligence on a patent portfolio, says MaryAnne Armstrong. 20 June 2014
Americas
More than 15,000 life sciences industry professionals will arrive in San Diego this month for the annual BIO International Convention. LSIPR looks at some of the most interesting sessions, and talks to a couple of speakers. 20 June 2014
Asia-Pacific
Amendments to SIPO’s guidelines for the examination of utility patents may help stop the proliferation of ‘junk’ utility models in China. Wolfgang Bublak and Yingkun Brunner report. 20 June 2014