MedTech news
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A heart valve patent owned by the University of Maryland, Baltimore, is immune to inter partes review, according to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 25 May 2017
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McNair Law Firm has expanded its IP practice with the addition of John Johnson as a shareholder in the firm. 19 May 2017
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Medical device company ResMed has filed a motion to dismiss its International Trade Commission (ITC) complaint against New Zealand-based Fisher & Paykel. 18 May 2017
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Medtronic has filed a motion to stay all deadlines and a notice of settlement in a patent dispute with medical device company Snyder Heart Valve. 16 May 2017
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Burns & Levinson has hired three partners to boost its life sciences and IP groups. 11 May 2017
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Michael Best & Friedrich has strengthened its IP team with the addition of Mircea Tipescu as a partner in the firm’s IP practice in Chicago. 9 May 2017
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed and remanded a ruling by a district court in a patent dispute between pharmaceutical company Braintree Laboratories and Breckenridge Pharmaceutical. 8 May 2017
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Genetic sequencing company Illumina and Cornell University have together sought to dismiss a patent dispute over eight genetic testing patents belonging to Cornell. 20 April 2017
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US-based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn has hired Simeon Papacostas as a partner in the firm’s IP department. 20 April 2017
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Medical technology company NeuroGrafix and Toshiba Medical have entered into a settlement agreement following a patent dispute over MRI imaging technology. 19 April 2017