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Plant Varieties
Cannabis company Capna has failed to convince a California district court judge to dismiss a trademark suit alleging it infringed a tobacco company’s cigarette marks. 4 June 2021
Big Pharma
Clarus Therapeutics has convinced a US court to invalidate four Lipocine testosterone booster patents it was accused of infringing. 3 June 2021
Americas
AbbVie has again urged the US Supreme Court to save it from claims of filing sham litigation to block competition for testosterone treatment AndroGel. 3 June 2021
Big Pharma
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a decision from the US International Trade Commission that found 10X Genomics infringed on two Bio-Rad Laboratories gene sequencing patents. 3 June 2021
Europe
Munich-based firm Bardehle Pagenberg has established a life sciences practice at its Paris office with two recent hires. 1 June 2021
Biotechnology
A CRISPR patent filed by scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier alongside the Regents of the University of California and the University of Vienna has been upheld by the Japan Patent Office. 1 June 2021
Americas
A non-fungible token for a Nobel Prize-winning cancer immunotherapy invention has been minted ahead of an auction tomorrow arranged by the University of California, Berkeley. 1 June 2021
Big Pharma
President Xi Jingping has announced his support for waiving IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines. 1 June 2021
Americas
Philips has settled trade secrets and copyright claims against a medical imaging company, having already survived accusations of breaching antitrust law. 27 May 2021
Americas
AbbVie and its exclusive licensee have settled a patent lawsuit against Taro Pharmaceutical over a generic rosacea drug. 27 May 2021