AstraZeneca challenges Axelpharm’s cancer drug patent
AstraZeneca is a world-renowned pharmaceutical company. It owns many patents in Russia and takes steps to protect them against encroachers. Its medicines are exempt from sanctions because they are mainly used for the life-preserving treatment of cancer. Axelpharm, a...
The dark side of fake goods: consumers put health, safety, and the economy at risk while fuelling organized crime
Organized crime groups take advantage of worldwide demand for low-priced goods, misleading consumers into purchasing fake goods Approximately 86 million fake items were seized in the EU in 2022, with an estimated value exceeding €2 billion Counterfeit goods represent...
USPTO issues final rule on Director Review of PTAB decisions
On October 1, 2024, the USPTO published a new final rule, Rules Governing Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions. 89 Fed. Reg. 79,744 (October 1, 2024). The final rule codifies many aspects of the PTAB’s revised interim Director Review...
UK IPO campaign highlights dangers of counterfeit vehicle parts
The campaign focuses on the serious risks these goods pose, warning that ‘Fake Always Breaks’ The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a new national awareness campaign warning of the dangers of buying counterfeit vehicle parts The ‘Fake Always...
Blank Rome welcomes IP litigation associate Sean D Damon in Washington, D.C.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Sean D Damon has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office in the Intellectual Property Litigation group, which welcomed partner Andrew R Kopsidas and associate Eda Stark earlier this year. Damon joins Blank Rome from Quinn...
ArtWorks™ invites legal professionals to an immersive intellectual property CLE Conference in Paris, France
Renowned Artist Elliott Arkin, Resident Intellectual Property Attorney Ghada Ghannam, and Nzengha "Zen" Waseme, Esq. will share their experience. The weekend includes The Inaugural Global IP Innovation Award Ceremony, which celebrates groundbreaking achievements in...
Leading life sciences IP litigation group joins Morrison Foerster in New York
IP Litigation partners Bindu Donovan, Todd Krause, and Alyssa Monsen bring over 60 years of experience litigating complex, high-stakes patent cases across the life sciences industry NEW YORK - August 1, 2024 – Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased...
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The continued debate over patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics
The waiver debate over Covid 19 treatment is again in focus as countries and health systems brace up for another variant that threatens to wreak havoc over lives and livelihoods. The need to share COVID-19-related IP remains urgent, considering that two years into the...
Withers continues building international life sciences team with new star hires
International law firm Withers continues its rapid growth strategy in the life sciences sector and in its Boston team with the arrival of new partners Tom Meyers and Zachary Hyde. Both join from Brown Rudnick's Boston office, where Tom led the Intellectual Property...
International Trademark Association opens registration for 2023 Annual Meeting Live+ in Singapore
New York, New York—January 11, 2023—The International Trademark Association (INTA) has officially opened registration for the 2023 Annual Meeting Live+. The gathering will be the Association’s 145th Annual Meeting, featuring an in-person event at Singapore’s renowned...
Gender disparity exists at all levels in Hong Kong’s legal sector, finds a survey jointly launched by Mayer Brown and Women in Law Hong Kong
Industry representatives call for collaborative effort to redress the gender imbalance Hong Kong, 12 January 2023 – Mayer Brown and Women In Law Hong Kong (WILHK) today announced the findings of a joint survey aimed at exploring gender biases in Hong Kong's legal...
Sterne Kessler elects record-high seven directors in 2023
Washington, D.C. (January 4, 2023) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is proud to announce that seven attorneys have been elected to the directorship effective January 1, 2023. This year represents the largest class of new directors in Sterne Kessler’s 45-year...
BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT takes on Dr. Mario Araujo and Dr. Jin Jeon as two new partners in the law firm
Munich, 11.01.2023 – At the beginning of the year, the mixed law firm BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT strengthens itself with two new partners. The Patent attorneys Dr. Mario Araujo and Dr. Jin Jeon will in future be jointly responsible for the electrical engineering,...
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER announces Agathe Caillé as new counsel
EU intellectual property boutique firm HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER has promoted Agathe Caillé to counsel. Agathe joined the team in Paris in 2012, her focus is on patent litigation. She has handled patent cases in the telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and chemical fields,...
VLSI agrees to dismiss latest semiconductor patent complaint against Intel in Delaware
VLSI Technology LLC has agreed to dismiss all claims against Intel Corporation in a patent case before the Delaware District Court in the US. The two companies made a joint filing on 27 December outlining their intentions to abandon the action. As well as agreeing to...
Picassos in the potting shed? What to do with unused or unloved intellectual property assets
Unused or unloved intellectual property assets We are all familiar with selling unwanted items on eBay, Vinted, Facebook Marketplace….. Sometimes it is for housecleaning or clearing, and sometimes to get rid of the old and even tired. Surprising who wants to buy that...
OLIVARES in Mexico names two new Partners
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9, 2023- OLIVARES, a leading IP, business, and litigation law firm in Mexico announces the addition of two new partners: Rommy Morales and Jaime Rodríguez. Rommy Morales is an experienced practitioner at OLIVARES, first joining the firm in 2008. For...
Landis+Gyr Joins LOT Network to Safeguard its Innovation and Ecosystem from Patent Litigation
The LOT Network membership will enable Landis+Gyr to remain at the forefront of innovation in sustainable energy management technology, rather than focus on patent litigation. Cham, Switzerland – January 9th, 2023 – Landis+Gyr (SIX: LAND), a leading global provider of...
Reddie & Grose Appoints Dr Yumiko Kato
Reddie & Grose, a UK and European firm of Patent, Trademark and Design attorneys, is delighted to announce that Dr Yumiko Kato has joined the firm as a Senior Associate. She will be working out of the London office. Yumiko’s specialist field is chemistry where she...
Finnegan elects eight new partners
WASHINGTON, DC—Finnegan is delighted to welcome eight attorneys to the partnership. They represent distinct areas of intellectual property law including patent and trade secret litigation before U.S. federal district courts; investigations at the U.S. International...
Gerald Flattmann joins Cahill’s New York office as IP Litigation Partner
NEW YORK, January 3, 2023 – Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP announced today that Gerald J. Flattmann, Jr. has joined the firm as a partner in the litigation practice group based in New York. He will serve as Chair of Cahill’s Life Sciences Patent Litigation practice....
Mandamus petition to avoid Delaware Judge’s disclosure orders rejected by Federal Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, also known as CAFC, rejected a writ of mandamus petition asking the Delaware district court to cancel an order to submit specific legal papers to ensure compliance with Chief Judge Connolly's standing orders on...
Global law firm Nixon Peabody selects Anaqua’s PATTSY WAVE for IP Management
BOSTON, December 21, 2022 – Anaqua, the leading provider of innovation and intellectual property (IP) management technology, today announced that global law firm Nixon Peabody has selected Anaqua’s PATTSY WAVE platform as its new IP management solution. Nixon Peabody...
Baidu, a global AI and technology leader, announces its membership in LOT Network, the leading protective IP community
Joining the international non-profit community is an important step in ensuring the health of the AI community PHOENIX, AZ (DECEMBER 20, 2022): LOT Network, the international community of the world’s leading high-tech companies committed to protecting its members from...
Rouse acquires European IP firm Valea
International IP services firm Rouse enhances its capabilities in Sweden through acquisition of leading IP firm Valea AB 14 December 2022: International Intellectual Property (IP) services firm Rouse today announces its acquisition of Valea AB, a leading European IP...
Adam Williams appointed Intellectual Property Office CEO
The IPO has announced that Adam Williams has been appointed Chief Executive and Comptroller-General of the Intellectual Property Office. Adam joined the Intellectual Property Office in 2009 and took up the role of Director of Business and International Policy in...
AIPEX announces new member firm in the Czech Republic, HARBER IP.
ROTTERDAM & PRAGUE, December 12th, 2022 -- AIPEX, the leader in providing cost and time efficient pan-European IP portfolio management solutions announces expansion to the Czech Republic. AIPEX is proud to welcome its tenth member firm, HARBER IP, expanding its...
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