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AbbVie Loses Key Humira Patent In Battle With Small

Coherus Biosciences stock rocketed to a month high wednesday after a U.S. BOARD tossed out a key patent protecting AbbVie's most important drug, arthritis medication Humira, thus clearing an obstacle from a similar treatment from coherus. recently U.S. PTAB, ruled against AbbViein a patent review and invalidated the dosing patent for Humira in rheumatoid [...]

By |2017-09-07T17:20:36+05:30May 20th, 2017|IP Basics, Patent|0 Comments

Recent drop in lawsuits despite increasing patent grants

About 5,100 patent infringement cases were filed in the U.S. during 2016, according to the PwC litigation study. This represents a 9 percent drop in lawsuits from 2015’s totals and the third straight year of decline since 2013, when more than 6,000 patent suits were filed. As the PwC study notes, this decline stands [...]

By |2017-09-07T17:30:05+05:30May 17th, 2017|IP Basics, IP Interview|0 Comments

Beer meets design law in an interesting judgment

Justice Sanghi has referred a question of law to the Chief Justice on the grounds that the judgment in Micolube India, decided by a three judge bench of the Delhi High Court, may have been decided per incuriam, which is polite Latin for saying that the judges got it completely wrong. Maintainence of composite [...]

By |2017-09-07T17:43:01+05:30May 12th, 2017|IP Basics, Patent|0 Comments

No irreparable harm and No permanent injunction

Nichia Corporation (“Nichia”) sued Everlight Americas, Inc., Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. and Zenaro Lighting (collectively, “Everlight”) for infringement of three of Nichia’s patents disclosing packaging designs and methods of manufacturing LED devices. Following a bench trial, the district court found that Everlight infringed all three patents and failed to prove the patents invalid. The [...]

By |2017-09-07T18:02:30+05:30May 8th, 2017|Patent|0 Comments

Patent trolls narrative returns to Capital Hills

The President believes that will require Republicans to enact legislation on the issues central to the President’s campaign and the party Platform; issues Republicans have been complaining about over the past eight years. The mismatched re-election priorities of Republicans can be expected to continue roiling Capitol Hill throughout the remainder of 2017 and likely into [...]

By |2017-09-07T18:22:39+05:30May 4th, 2017|Patent|0 Comments

‘Move Fast and Break Things’: IP Behavior

Henry Bloget: “Move fast and break things is Facebook’s prime directive to developers. Unless you are breaking stuff,” Zuckerberg said, “you are not moving fast enough.” Eight years later, Zuckerberg Facebook mantra has taken an altogether different meaning. In a new book, Hollywood Producer and former USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, offers a dark vision [...]

By |2017-09-07T18:26:23+05:30May 3rd, 2017|IP Basics, Patent|0 Comments
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