Within days of Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo acquiring Ranbaxy Laboratories, another innovator (essentially, patent holders of blockbuster drugs) company Sanofi Aventis of France said it is making a bid to acquire Czech generics company Zentiva. Do ..
Video software developer Gotuit Media has sued Microsoft, claiming that its Silverlight multimedia software infringes several of the company's patents.Gotuit Media filed the suit on Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, claiming that Silverlig ..
A mysterious Sony patent office filing discovered today reveals that, at the very least, the company is entertaining the idea of a multi-touch handheld with phone capabilities.Even more mysterious than that is the name of the patent inventor: Phil Ha ..
A number of technology heavyweights trying to reduce the risk of costly patent-infringement suits Monday launched a trust to try to buy those patents that they deem most important to their businesses. Members of the Allied Security Trust include Cisc ..
Bavarian Nordic has filed a patent infringement suit against Oxford BioMedica plc, Biomedica, Inc., and Oxford BioMedica Ltd., in the United States District Court of the Southern District of California. Bavarian Nordic owns several United States pate ..
Computer makers Acer, Apple, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard were sued last week for allegedly violating four patents held by Saxon Innovations, an intellectual property licensing company based in Tyler, Texas. The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District ..
Domestic pharma major Cipla has received product patents for new forms of two blockbuster drugs—Osemaprazole and Alendronate—from the Indian authorities. While the company’s patent on Osemaprazole is a modified form of Astrazeneca’s blockbuster drug ..
After securing geographical indication (GI) for Darjeeling tea in Europe, the Tea Board is now gearing up to protect the intellectual property right (IPR) of the famed beverage.Tea Board Chairman Basudeb Banerjee said at the annual general meeting of ..
Kerala Friday unveiled its intellectual property rights (IPR) policy aimed at safeguarding the state’s rich base of ayurveda and herbal medicine. With this move, Kerala has become the first state in the country to have an IPR policy in place. Chief M ..
HIV patient group—Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+)—has filed a post-grant opposition against Swiss major Roche’s patent for its HIV drug Valganciclovir at the Chennai Patent office. The Chennai patent office granted the patent to Roche last ye ..
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