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Germans dominate list of newly appointed technical judges

The Unified Patent Court has appointed a further 21 technically qualified judges. The court published the names on its website on Wednesday. This brin ...

11 August 2023 by Mathieu Klos
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Orphan drug

Alexion defends market exclusivity for orphan drug Soliris against Amgen

Pharmaceutical manufacturers can sue competitors for market exclusivity for an orphan drug. This was the outcome of a decision by Munich Regional Cour ...

9 August 2023 by Konstanze Richter
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Immuno-oncology

EPO upholds Compugen patent for immunotherapy cancer treatment

Drug discovery company Compugen has successfully defended a key patent, which covers anti-PVRIG antibodies used in immunotherapy based cancer treatmen ...

17 July 2023 by Amy Sandys
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Vaccine technology

Moderna targets Ireland and Belgium in next round against Pfizer and BioNTech

In the next stage of COVID-19 vaccine patent suits, US pharmaceutical company Moderna has filed patent infringement suits at the High Court in Dublin ...

11 July 2023 by Amy Sandys
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Anti-suit injunction

10x Genomics and Bardehle achieve rare AASI in biotech dispute against NanoString

In the dispute with 10x Genomics over diagnostic devices, NanoString Technologies suffered a bitter setback. The Munich Regional Court prohibited the ...

25 May 2023 by Mathieu Klos
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Biotechnology

EPO upholds three Broad Institute patents for next generation CRISPR-Cas12a

The EPO Opposition Division has upheld three patents which cover a new generation of CRISPR technology, known as CRISPR-Cas12a. The gene-sequence edit ...

18 April 2023 by Amy Sandys
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UK

J A Kemp hires new partner to strengthen biotech practice

British patent attorney firm J A Kemp has strengthened its life sciences practice with Andreas Theisen, who joins from Carpmaels & Ransford as a p ...

28 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter
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DNA sequencing technology

Hoffmann Eitle and MGI prevail as Boards of Appeal revoke Illumina patent

For years, US biotechnology company Illumina has been litigating in various countries and at the European Patent Office against BGI and its subsidiary ...

27 March 2023 by Konstanze Richter
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Germany

ZSP boosts litigation expertise with life sciences partner

Pharmaceutical expert Jens Schiener will join Munich patent attorney firm ZSP Patentanwälte at the beginning of 2023. The firm is thus preparing for t ...

29 December 2022 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
Germany

Major spin-off at Boehmert & Boehmert in Munich

Jan Krauss and Nils Schmid are leaving top German firm Boehmert & Boehmert along with three other patent attorneys to set up their own outfit in M ...

19 December 2022 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
JUVE Patent rankings 2022

BioNTech named as IP In-house Team of the Year at JUVE Awards

Last Thursday, at the Frankfurt Opera House, JUVE presented its annual awards for German law firm and In-house teams across 18 different categories. T ...

3 November 2022 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
UK

Osborne Clarke strengthens biotech practice with Marks & Clerk hire

The London office of Osborne Clarke is building up its pharmaceutical and biotech practice with the addition of a new partner, Trevor Crosse. He joins ...

24 October 2022 by Joshua Silverwood
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Sweden

EIP strengthens European offering with new Stockholm office

Boutique IP firm EIP has announced its expansion into the Nordics with the opening of its first office in Stockholm, as well as four new partners. The ...

12 September 2022 by Joshua Silverwood
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Opinion

"CureVac and Moderna might be filing patent suits – but their brakes are firmly on"

The honeymoon period is over. While patent lawsuits over COVID-19 vaccines were still taboo at the height of the pandemic, Moderna and CureVac are now ...

8 September 2022 by Konstanze Richter
People & Business
In-house

Chr. Hansen bolsters life sciences division with new head of IP strategy

Chr. Hansen is growing its in-house IP team with the addition of Elanco alumni, Sean Alexander (49), who is taking over as head of global IP strategy ...

27 July 2022 by Mathieu Klos
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