MedTech news
Biotech
Technology is continuing to transform women’s healthcare and female inventors are driving the change—but more needs to be done to ensure they secure IP rights. 7 September 2023
Biotech
UN Committee on Racial Discrimination Calls for equitable access to vaccines, treatments, and health tech | Switzerland, Germany, UK, and US refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines 'aids discrimination against vulnerable communities'. 5 September 2023
MedTech
Dispute centred on alleged infringement of several patents related to keyhole surgery | Big pharma company acquired defendant firm in $3.4bn deal four years ago. 10 August 2023
Pharma
Revocation and infringement actions involving a cholesterol treatment, prosthetic valves, and methods for analyte detection are among the first to land at the court within its first month, explain Joanne Welch and Darren Smyth of EIP. 29 June 2023
MedTech
More clarity is needed on the application of Alice and Mayo to patent eligibility—particularly for firms developing innovative medical diagnostic techniques, say Kara Specht and Yinan Liu of Finnegan. 27 June 2023
Americas
Win marks latest leg of cross-Atlantic litigation feud over devices that stop internal bleeding | Medical device maker garnered success against rival in the US and Germany but failed to secure an injunction in one European country. 13 June 2023
MedTech
Medtronic’s claims of “obviousness” over cardiologist’s device rejected | US Federal Circuit upholds Teleflex’s catheter technology patents. 8 June 2023
MedTech
Medtronic prior art reference does not qualify, says Federal Circuit | Firm was hoping to invalidate five catheter technology patents. 25 May 2023
Africa
Government-led schemes to incentivise patents are leading to delays and prejudice against legitimate applicants. Tyron Grant of Spoor and Fisher explains how South Africa is tackling the problem. 9 May 2023
Americas
Judge enters default judgment as New Jersey-based firm failed to respond to suit | Defendant allegedly sought to sell 3M-branded masks at inflated prices during the pandemic. 2 May 2023