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Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca have asked the US District Court for the District of Delaware for a declaration that their breast cancer treatment does not infringe a chemotherapy patent owned by biotechnology company Seagen. 18 November 2020
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The role of the doctrine of equivalents in assessing the value of, and risks associated with, medtech patents is often overlooked. Christopher Bright and Nathan Smith of Morgan Lewis report. 18 November 2020
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In response to the surge of COVID-19 infections worldwide, 18 generic drug makers have pledged to join the effort by the Medicines Patent Pool to accelerate global access to effective COVID-19 treatments via a pool for voluntary product licences. 17 November 2020
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German chemicals company BASF has failed to persuade the UK Intellectual Property Office that an applied-for trademark to cover agricultural chemicals is confusingly similar to its own existing trademark. 17 November 2020
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The European Commission has approved a fourth contract with pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech, following their revelation that they had developed a vaccine that could potentially prevent more than 90% of people from becoming infected by COVID-19. 12 November 2020
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Allied BioScience has accused its former CEO of holding the company's IP, including inventions relating to its COVID-19 antiviral disinfectant, to ransom so he can demand an unfair amount of compensation. 12 November 2020
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that a New York judge had rushed to grant summary judgment in an inventorship dispute between Ferring and Allergan. 11 November 2020
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A coronavirus vaccine unveiled by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech can potentially prevent more than 90% of people from getting COVID-19, it has been announced. 10 November 2020
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has narrowed the landscape in which patent infringement suits over generic drugs suits can be filed, in a ruling handed down yesterday, November 5. 6 November 2020
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Biopharmaceutical company, Abbott Laboratories, has successfully obtained a restraining order against its former vice-president of global marketing, whom it has accused of stealing trade secrets relating to COVID-19 products. 5 November 2020