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Americas
MicroPort Orthopedics has sued rival Medacta, accusing it of providing surgeons with “knock-off copies and defaced versions” of MicroPort’s patented surgical tools. 18 June 2020
Big Pharma
Switzerland-based Novartis has failed to convince the UK Intellectual Property Office that a trademark applied-for by Boston Healthcare should not be registered. 18 June 2020
Americas
Genetic sequencing company Illumina has obtained a preliminary injunction against its China-based rival BGI. 18 June 2020
Big Pharma
The UK Intellectual Property Office has agreed to revoke an extension to a supplementary protection certificate for immunosuppressant tocilizumab, at the request of the owners. 16 June 2020
Americas
The US Supreme Court has declined to review Eli Lilly’s patent infringement victory against Dr Reddy’s and Hospira. 16 June 2020
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Discussions around artificial intelligence (AI) and IP can sometimes be futuristic and trapped at the level of high-concept: whether machines can be inventors, for example. But at BIO Digital 2020, a panel of experts was on hand to provide a much more practical, down-to-earth guide to patenting AI inventions. 16 June 2020
Asia-Pacific
Swiss healthcare company Roche has partnered with Chinese biotech Innovent Biologics to develop cell therapies and bispecific antibodies. 15 June 2020
Europe
The European Commission wants to implement a unitary supplementary protection certificate, its top IP official has said. 11 June 2020
Americas
A coalition of attorneys general have taken 26 drugmakers, including Pfizer, Sandoz and Mylan, to court over the alleged price-fixing of topical generic drugs. 11 June 2020
Biotechnology
For a start-up looking to build a patent portfolio, where should you start—‘home-grown’ patents, or licensing others’ IP? 11 June 2020