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Learning to determine the value technological advance has contributed requires a great degree of sophistication, Randall Rader said in a session on protecting biotechnology innovations in the US and Latin America at the 2014 BIO International Convention in San Diego, California, yesterday (Tuesday). 25 June 2014
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The whole international patent community has been reasonably good at developing new patent laws but hopeless at compliance, said Francis Gurry, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization. 25 June 2014
Americas
The Indian Patent Office has rejected a patent application for an anti-cancer drug for the second time, paving the way for generic versions to potentially enter the market. 24 June 2014
Americas
Teva has reached a settlement in its patent battle with two pharmaceutical companies, ending all litigation over its ProAir HFA (albuterol sulfate) inhalation aerosol. 23 June 2014
Biotechnology
Europe’s highest court has said that products used by agrochemical companies to help maintain plants can be given extended patent protection. 20 June 2014
Americas
The patent regulatory framework in Mexico needs to evolve if the investment in, and marketing of, promising biotechnology drug products is to succeed, says Hector E. Chagoya. 20 June 2014
Biotechnology
For those involved in the development of biological drugs, the prospects of getting what would seem to be a ‘fair reward’ may not have improved much, says Jaap Mannaerts. 20 June 2014
Biotechnology
The exclusion from patentability of certain cells derived from human embryos is a reflection of the EPO’s increasingly restrictive stance, say Franz-Josef Zimmer and Markus Grammel. 20 June 2014
Asia
Recent decisions suggest that the Indian system seems to be changing direction towards developing sound patent law jurisprudence, says Archana Shanker. 20 June 2014
Biotechnology
Digital health, which brings together digital and genetic data to improve healthcare, will play a vital role in personalised medicine. But there will be significant challenges when it comes to protecting this innovative new area. LSIPR looks at its uses and the potential challenges. 20 June 2014