Biopharmaceutical company UCB Biopharma (Union Chimique Belge is a multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium) has filed a complaint against biotech developer MedImmune (MedImmune, LLC, headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, became a wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca in 2007) for alleged patent infringement. The case, which was filed in the US District Court for [...]
Many consumers have never heard of anti-trust laws, but enforcement of these laws saves consumers millions and even billions of dollars a year. Anti-trust laws - also referred to as "competition laws" - are statutes developed by the U.S. Government to protect consumers from predatory business practices by ensuring that fair competition exists in [...]
An international patent dispute has broken out between Apple and Nokia over the Finnish mobile network vendor’s licensing terms for the widely used H.264 video codec and other technologies (like related to displays, user interface, software, antennae, chip sets). Nokia on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Apple in Germany and in the U.S., alleging that the [...]
As readers with even very little attachment to lawsuits on intersection of patent and FDA law would know that this drug product had been a subject of herculean tug o’ war between generic rivals- Mylan (Mylan N.V. is an American global generic and specialty pharmaceuticals company registered in the Netherlands, with principal executive offices [...]
In 1990, Stephen Kimble obtained a patent for a Spider-Man toy that was set to expire in May 2010. Kimble claimed that he discussed the idea with the president of Marvel Enterprises Inc., and that he would be compensated for use of his ideas. Although no agreement was reached, Marvel produced a toy that [...]
Kids can be amazingly innovative if left to their own creative devices. Cardboard tubes, tape, scissors, and a couple of mirrors make a pretty cool periscope. But what about the kids who take those same materials and create something that is both unique and useful, like a better mousetrap? Kids are known for being [...]
