Counsel for AstraZeneca convinced the Court of Appeal on Monday to review a decision to let rival Glenmark release its generic version of a billion-dollar diabetes treatment under an agreement that the company can ship supplies of the drug already packed in trucks as long as it doesn't move ahead with retail sales in the meantime.
Counsel for AstraZeneca convinced the Court of Appeal on Monday to review a decision to let rival Glenmark release its generic version of a billion-dollar diabetes treatment under an agreement that the company can ship supplies of the drug already packed in trucks as long as it doesn't move ahead with retail sales in the meantime.
European officials have rejected Pfizer and Merck's second bid to patent a specific cancer drug dosage, ruling that the pharmaceutical giants didn't provide any new justification to protect the treatment they developed together.
Philip Morris has retained its patent for a method of heating electronic cigarettes, with European officials tossing a challenge from a British American Tobacco unit after finding that Philip Morris' amended claims made the invention new.
Nestlé has beaten a Canadian low-sugar candy maker's bid for a "Smart Sweets" trademark after European officials were persuaded that confectionery lovers were likely to confuse the brand with the multicolored chocolate Smarties.
An inventor has persuaded a court in the Netherlands to order an energy company to hand over a group of applications for patents to extract hydrogen from water after concluding that he is the rightful owner.
An electrical equipment supplier has told a London court that a rival fire alarm manufacturer's patent for fire and carbon monoxide alarm systems is not viable because the supplier's competitor sold similar alarm systems before the patent was filed.
Disputes firm Candey Ltd. has denied a claim by a former client that it mishandled her money following a settlement in a trademark dispute, while pressing home its allegation that her one-star Google review of its performance was defamatory.
