MedTech news
MedTech
The EU General Court today upheld the decision to invalidate a trademark owned by Swemac Innovation, a Swedish medical devices company. 7 February 2019
Asia-Pacific
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Yitu Technology has launched a new research and development centre in Singapore which will focus partly on applying the technology to medical diagnostics. 1 February 2019
Americas
A record number of novel devices were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2018, the federal agency has said. 31 January 2019
Americas
A US district court has sentenced a Chinese national to 27 months in federal prison for the theft of trade secrets from two American medical device manufacturers. 30 January 2019
Americas
An appeals court has upheld a $23 million damages award for a spine surgeon, after a jury found that medical device company Medtronic had infringed two of his patents. 25 January 2019
Pharma
Lawyers have told LSIPR they are concerned about the continuing UK political uncertainty having a negative impact on life sciences investment and the Unified Patent Court. 17 January 2019
Americas
US-based medical technology company GE Healthcare has entered into a five-year partnership with Vanderbilt University Medical Center to develop cancer immunotherapies using artificial intelligence. 17 January 2019
MedTech
Boston Scientific and US-based Edwards Lifesciences have agreed to settle all outstanding patent litigation between the two companies. 15 January 2019
Americas
US law firm McGuire Woods is expanding its life sciences patent litigation team with the addition of three partners in its New York office. 15 January 2019
MedTech
A New York-based plastic surgery clinic has taken legal action against two former employees and a rival clinic for copyright infringement, trademark counterfeiting and dilution, and cybersquatting. 11 January 2019