MedTech news
Asia
Law firm Foley & Lardner has expanded its intellectual property department and its chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical practice by hiring Philippe Riesen as a partner. 5 April 2016
Pharma
Owners of second medical use patents may need to think outside the box in terms of the relief they seek for infringement, says Katie Hutchinson of Bristows. 31 March 2016
Americas
Law firm Reed Smith has hired Nicolas Barzoukas and Josh Davis as partners in the firm’s intellectual property, information and innovation practice group in Houston. 31 March 2016
Americas
Law firm BakerHostetler has hired Wanda French-Brown as a counsel in the firm’s patent litigation team in New York. 22 March 2016
Americas
Law firm Sidley Austin has expanded its intellectual property capabilities by hiring Bradford Badke, Sona De and Ching-Lee Fukuda as partners in the firm’s New York office 22 March 2016
Americas
Law firm Proskauer Rose has expanded its life sciences patent practice by hiring Fangli Chen as a partner and Daniel Klein as a senior patent counsel. 16 March 2016
Americas
The International Trade Commission has invalidated two patents owned by Jawbone because they cover “ineligible subject matter”, dealing a blow to the wearable fitness company in its legal battle with rival Fitbit. 7 March 2016
Americas
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s process of allowing the same three judges to decide whether to institute an inter partes review and on the validity of the patent in question creates legal biases, Ethicon Endo-Surgery has argued. 1 March 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has invalidated a polymer patent owned by Howmedica Osteonics, reversing an earlier decision from the US Patent and Trademark Office and ending the company’s long running dispute with medical device company Zimmer. 29 February 2016
Americas
Law firm Reed Smith has expanded its intellectual property, information and innovation group by hiring Lisa Chiarini as a partner in New York. 17 February 2016