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A Michigan district court has ruled in favour of Stryker in a patent case against medical device company Zimmer after it was found to have infringed three patents belonging to Stryker. 20 July 2017
Pharma
DLA Piper has hired patent litigator Philipp Cepl as a partner in its German patent practice. 17 July 2017
Americas
Medical device company Alps South has filed a complaint against its former law firm Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick for legal malpractice. 14 July 2017
Americas
A collaboration between Bill Gates and Intellectual Ventures , in partnership with conglomerate GE, has signed a licensing deal with US diagnostics technology company Access Bio to make and sell tools for “rapidly” identifying asymptomatic malaria. 13 July 2017
Americas
Medical device company OrthoAccel Technologies has filed a complaint against Propel Orthodontics for patent infringement. 5 July 2017
Americas
Eye care company Ocusoft has dropped its allegations over false advertising and patent infringement against Walgreens, a US-based pharmacy store chain. 4 July 2017
MedTech
Now that Costa Rica has allowed adult stem cells to be used as part of regenerative therapies, the country should be able to attract more investment, say María del Pilar López and Esteban Monge of Zürcher Lawyers. 4 July 2017
Americas
Diagnostic company Hologic has filed a complaint against Fujifilm for allegedly infringing its patents covering a breast imaging system. 29 June 2017
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has vacated and remanded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to invalidate a foetal testing patent. 28 June 2017
Pharma
Panellists discussed the potential impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU on patents yesterday at the 2017 BIO International Convention. 22 June 2017