Govt not using patent law effectively: Pharma body
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Govt not using patent law effectively: Pharma body
The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, an association of 20 top Indian pharma companies that account for 80% of the country’s exports and 46% of the domestic market, has submitted a report to the government that says that public health safeguards in the patent law were not being used effectively.
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Free Hepatitis C treatment for all
(While sofosbuvir requires a CL, daclatasvir does not because the manufacturer did not apply for patent rights in Malaysia and the Government did not grant data exclusivity to it on public health grounds. Without the patent barrier, the Government is able to buy generic daclatasvir.) Last July, The Star …
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Fed. Circ. Upholds PTAB Loss For Dell On Network Patent
Law360 (March 19, 2018, 7:01 PM EDT) — The Federal Circuit on Monday upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that a claim of an Acceleron computer network patent challenged by Dell is not invalid, rejecting Dell’s position that a prior decision required the board to consider an argument... Continue reading
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Patent Law Treaty
The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a patent law multilateral treaty concluded on 1 June 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and the European Patent Organisation (an intergovernmental organization). Its aim is to harmonize formal procedures such as the requirements to obtain a filing date for a …
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Tribe Asks Fed. Circ. To Pause Restasis Patent Reviews
Law360 (March 19, 2018, 6:42 PM EDT) — Allergan and the Native American tribe that acquired patents for its Restasis medication urged the Federal Circuit on Friday to stop the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s review of the patents, days after generic-drug makers ripped their claims of immunity as …
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Retailers Urge White House To Rethink China IP Tariffs
Law360 (March 19, 2018, 5:15 PM EDT) — Retail giants like Walmart, Target and Best Buy and their powerful lobbying groups on Monday urged the Trump administration to hold off new tariffs aimed at punishing China for its intellectual property practices, saying that such an aggressive step will only …
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Watchdog group says researcher who worked on Aegerion drug didn’t disclose taxpayer funding
As a penalty for allegedly failing to disclose the grants, the group asked NIH to take title to the patents, a rarely-used remedy available under the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which deals with intellectual property arising from federal government-funded research. If NIH took that action, Juxtapid — which was …
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Brooks Kushman Shareholder Recognized As Michigan IP Litigator Of The Year
Brooks Kushman is pleased to announce that Managing Intellectual Property has recognized Shareholder John LeRoy as Michigan’s Outstanding IP Litigator of the Year. This award is based on rigorous and impartial research, as well as nominations from both within an attorney’s firm and from outside …
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Cybersecurity skills lacking in the legal sector
As well as needing to protect themselves, many legal firms are providing services for cybercrime victims, especially companies that have suffered data breaches. Such services include legal issues surrounding data protection, employment law, intellectual property, loss of confidential information; plus …