MedTech news
Americas
A US appeals court has revived a dispute in which a lower court previously ruled that there should not be a trial to determine whether pharmaceutical company Hospira infringed three patents. 14 September 2015
Americas
Law firm Dechert has hired Andrea Reid as partner to the firm’s intellectual property practice in Boston. 14 August 2015
Americas
Medical device makers Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, and Covidien will head back to a US court after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit revived their patent dispute concerning ultrasonic surgical devices. 10 August 2015
Europe
Proactively managing patent portfolios is an investment that pays for itself in reduced patent costs. Bruno Reynolds, who works at the consultancy arm of Isis Innovation, the technology transfer company of the University of Oxford, explains more. 6 August 2015
Americas
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic has asked the US Supreme Court to vacate a lower court ruling that it indirectly infringed a patent covering a machine used during spinal surgery, citing the latest ruling in Commil USA v Cisco Systems. 28 July 2015
Americas
Enzo Life Sciences has agreed to settle a patent infringement dispute with Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, in what was one of 12 cases that Enzo had filed simultaneously. 24 July 2015
Asia
Police in China have reportedly seized 20,000 boxes of counterfeit drugs and detained more than 20 people thought to be selling them online. 20 July 2015
Americas
Law firm Gowlings has expanded its intellectual property practice by hiring Stephen Ferance as a partner. 20 July 2015
Pharma
Despite its troubled start, Brazil’s Product Development Partnerships programme is now entering a new stage of its development with the introduction of a more complete system for regulation, but there’s also more scope for patent infringement, say Otto Licks and Ricardo Campello of Licks Attorneys. 16 July 2015
Americas
US law firm Haynes and Boone has expanded its intellectual property practice by hiring two partners. 13 July 2015