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Abbott fends off Chinese rival’s patent challenge at UPC
MedTech
Abbott fends off Chinese rival’s patent challenge at UPC
The European court has backed Abbott in a dispute over glucose-monitoring technology, while offering guidance on a key added-matter issue.   18 August 2026
Former head of litigation at Nokia returns to Bird & Bird
Careers
Former head of litigation at Nokia returns to Bird & Bird
The new partner counts pharmaceuticals and life sciences among his specialisms and previously worked in-house at Sandoz.   18 August 2026
Former USPTO acting director takes the helm at C4IP
Careers
Former USPTO acting director takes the helm at C4IP
The IP advocacy group has turned to former USPTO acting director Coke Morgan Stewart as it enters what it calls a “new chapter”.   17 August 2026
Biotech
Europe’s missing biotech bridge: Why IP ownership matters more than capital access
Europe’s biotechnology challenge is not only whether it can fund innovation. It is whether it can continue to originate and control the foundational IP positions from which future biotech value is created. Paul Calvo of Sterne Kessler explains.   17 August 2026
Pharma
Novartis scores UK win in high-stakes Entresto fight
Pressure for generic manufacturers of the blockbuster heart drug Entresto is mounting as the Swiss pharma company secures a win over a challenge to its UK patent protection.   14 August 2026
MedTech
Invisalign maker secures first China win against clear aligner rival
Clear aligner rivals are fighting over orthodontic technology across several major markets and the latest development in China has raised the stakes.   13 August 2026
Careers
Holland & Hart adds high-stakes patent litigation team from Ashurst Perkins Coie
Less than a month after the merger between Ashurst and Perkins Coie, the new team brings expertise in high-stakes patent matters—including medtech and biotech—in the US.   13 August 2026
Pharma
The ‘Triple Point’ professional: Why patent success requires science, law, and technology
Reflecting on decades of patent searching experience, senior scientist on the CAS IP Services team, David Saari, offers insights into the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in today's competitive IP landscape.   12 August 2026
Regulation & Industry
Exclusive: ‘In the end, I did it my own way’ and became a UPC judge
Unified Patent Court judge Margot Kokke has had an unconventional and oft-interrupted career as the “trailing spouse” of a diplomat. She talks to Sarah Speight about this and more in the fourth in a series of interviews with women judges at the court.   12 August 2026
Pharma
Lilly mounts defence as generics circle Mounjaro and Zepbound
A litigation campaign against generic drugmakers, including Sandoz, Hikma, and Amenal, raise the stakes in the fight over two of the world’s most lucrative weight loss and diabetes treatments.   11 August 2026