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California’s biopharmaceutical and medical device employment rate grew by 7% between 2011 and 2015, a recent report by the California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) and PwC US has revealed. 23 November 2016
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Thermo Fisher Scientific sued US-based instrumentation company DeNovix yesterday for allegedly infringing two patents covering Thermo Fisher’s NanoDrop micro-volume spectrophotometers. 22 November 2016
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday remanded a case concerning surgical instruments back to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 16 November 2016
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A jury has decided that UK-based medical device company Medtronic must pay $20.3 million in damages to a doctor for patent infringement. 15 November 2016
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Allergan has filed a complaint against pharmaceutical wholesaler Amazon Medica in the US District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division for alleged trademark infringement. 14 November 2016
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US-based law firm Merchant & Gould has hired a new partner to its Silicon Valley and Minneapolis offices. 14 November 2016
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a mixed ruling on a case yesterday between medical device company NuVasive and the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 10 November 2016
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Philips has agreed to make a $300 million cash payment in a multi-year partnership with Masimo, a health technology company. 9 November 2016
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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a ruling of a district court in a trademark infringement dispute between Abbott Laboratories and pharmacies, distributors and individuals. 4 November 2016
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The regents of the University of California, the institution’s governing body, has filed a complaint against medical device company St. Jude Medical for allegedly infringing patents covering a method of treating atrial fibrillation. 28 October 2016