Biotechnology Archives

Amgen, Sanofi, Regeneron, Repatha, Praluent

Amgen and Sanofi end epic battle over Praluent and Repatha

Amgen, Sanofi and Regeneron have apparently settled their dispute over the cholesterol-lowering drugs Praluent and Repatha. As JUVE Patent learned fro ...

12 March 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

French patent market

Top 10 patent cases in France

French courts recorded a decline in the number of cases in 2024, and recent research suggests that the downward trend continued last year. Nevertheles ...

6 March 2026 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

BMS, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, 2Seventy Bio, Johnson & Johnson, Legend Biotech, bone cancer, CAR-T cell

Cancer drug

BMS and Johnson & Johnson battle over novel CAR-T cell therapy in Europe

The relatively unknown biotech company 2seventy bio has filed a lawsuit at the UPC against several Johnson & Johnson companies and Legend Biotech ...

20 February 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Legal Commentary

Unified Patent Court

UPC received 50% more infringement cases in 2025

The Unified Patent Court received significantly more infringement and PI cases last year. Revocation actions recently declined slightly. This is the r ...

17 February 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Sophia Genetics, Guardant, Bristows, Carpmaels, liquid biopsy testing,

Life sciences

Sophia Genetics and Bristows head off PI at local division Paris

The local division Paris has rejected a PI application filed by Guardant against Sophia Genetics. The biotech company had originally based its applica ...

29 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

DNA sequencing

Illumina and Powell Gilbert in love with Lisbon

Illumina has taken its dispute with Element Biosciences over DNA sequencing technology to the UPC. Together with Powell Gilbert and the Portuguese law ...

21 January 2026 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Amy Crouch, Mewburn Ellis, Simmons & Simmons. London

UK

Mewburn Ellis hires partner from Simmons & Simmons

European IP firm Mewburn Ellis has hired patent litigator Amy Crouch from Simmons & Simmons in London. She will join as partner to strengthen the ...

6 October 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Life sciences

UPC sees next life sciences case as Guardant sues Sophia Genetics

The UPC is seeing more life sciences battles. In the latest case, Guardant Health has sued Sophia Genetics at the local division Paris over a liquid b ...

23 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Second medical use

Epic battle over Stelara continues with win for Janssen against Samsung Bioepis

Samsung Bioepis has failed to invalidate a second medical use patent for Janssen's blockbuster Stelara in the Netherlands. The District Court The Hagu ...

17 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

CRISPR/Cas

ToolGen and BarentsKrans step up CRISPR battle against Vertex

ToolGen has launched an attack on the production of Vertex's gene-editing therapy Casgevy in the Netherlands. The Korean biotech company filed an infr ...

12 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

BioNTech and Pfizer, GSK, Comirnaty, COVID-19, UK High Court

mRNA technology

BioNTech and Pfizer strike back against GSK in London

The backlash from BioNTech and Pfizer was not long coming. After GSK sued the two manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty at the UPC and in Ir ...

10 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

Germany

Carpmaels next UK firm to expand in Germany

Carpmaels & Ransford already has a representative office in Munich. But now the UK firm is bringing in two litigators from Hoffmann Eitle to fully ...

1 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Moderna, BioNTech, Pfizer, UK Court of Appeal, Spikevax, Comirnaty

mRNA technology

Moderna and Freshfields win against BioNTech and Pfizer at UK Court of Appeal

Moderna has maintained the upper hand in the dispute with BioNTech and Pfizer over mRNA patents. The UK Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal b ...

29 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

People & Business

heuking, taylor wessing, Manja Epping, Stefanie Greifeneder

Germany

Heuking brings in partner trio and team from Taylor Wessing

Heuking's German healthcare and life sciences practice is set to receive a major boost: two equity partners, a salary partner and a team will join fro ...

26 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Gilead, remdesivir, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Chinese research institute, Hoyng ROKH Monegier

Pharmaceuticals

Gilead attacks remdesivir patent of Chinese research institute at UPC

US biotech company Gilead has filed a new revocation action with the UPC targeting a patent owned by the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences. ...

19 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

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