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Abbott Slashes HIV Drug Price For Developing Nations
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Still struggling with how to protect its patent rights, drug maker Abbott Laboratories Inc. has said it will launch new initiatives aimed at expanding the availability of its new HIV medicine in the developing world. |
Inventor Scores Again In Microsoft Patent Battle
Monday, June 19, 2006
A year after a federal jury ordered Microsoft Inc. to pay a Guatemalan inventor $6.1 million in a patent infringement dispute, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed that earlier verdict, ruling that the software goliath infringed the inventor’s patent with the sale of its Office Pro products. |
WHO To Probe Global Drug Patent System
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Amid growing criticism that poor nations are being denied access to crucial medicines, vaccines and diagnostic tests, the World Health Organization said it plans to review whether the international drug patent system curbs the ability of developing countries to obtain patented medical treatments. |
Movie Studios' New Piracy Losses Questioned
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
A two-year study of global movie piracy, which included illegal Internet downloads for the first time, has revealed stunning financial losses for the U.S. movie industry, but some experts question the accuracy of the data that will be used as a “roadmap” to fight piracy worldwide. |
IP Blacklist Points To China and Russia
Monday, May 01, 2006
China and Russia topped the list as the most serious offenders of intellectual property laws and enforcement, according to the U.S. Trade Representative’s “Special 301” report to Congress. |
King & Spalding Keeps IP Focus On Long Run
Friday, April 21, 2006
As King & Spalding LLP’s intellectual property practice continues to expand, the firm has learned the importance of growing with its clients and establishing long-term relationships based on a holistic approach. |
WIPO Adopts Global Trademark Treaty In Singapore
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Marking what industry professionals say is a milestone in global trademark regulation, a new international treaty on trademarks has been adopted by a group of intellectual property rights experts and member states of the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organization. |
WIPO Aims To Revise Global Trademark Rules
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Intellectual property rights experts meeting at the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organization conference in Singapore are revising a global trademark treaty, with plans to introduce electronic filing processes and define trademark protection for such non-traditional items as holograms, sounds and smells. |
Argentina Bids For E.U. Help In Monsanto Roundup Row
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
A long-running feud between biotech giant Monsanto Co. and Argentina over royalty payments on genetically modified Roundup Ready soybeans has reached a boiling point, prompting the country to solicit intervention by the European Commission. |
U.S. Welcomes New WTO Compulsory Licensing Policy
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
The U.S. government put its stamp of approval on new compulsory licensing rules by the World Trade Organization, which dramatically decrease intellectual property barriers faced by developing countries fighting life threatening diseases. |
Abbott Labs Sued By Activists Over AIDS Drug Patents
Friday, December 02, 2005
Launching a new attack on Abbott Laboratories Inc.’s control of the lucrative AIDS treatment Kaletra, a group of international organizations has sued the pharmaceutical company in a Brazilian court to invalidate its patents for the drug. |
WTO Extends Compliance Deadline For Poorest Countries
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
The World Trade Organization has given the world’s poorest countries seven more years to provide protection for intellectual property under the WTO’s statutes, extending the deadline from January 2006 to January 2013. |
Che Guevara Heirs Eye Copyright Battle Over Iconic Image
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The family of Che Guevara, the legendary Cuban revolutionary, is preparing an international copyright litigation campaign to protect his iconic image from commercial exploitation. |
Brazil On Abbott Deal: Not So Fast!
Friday, July 15, 2005
Less than a week after his own ministry said it had struck a deal with Abbott Laboratories to avoid a compulsory license on the AIDS drug Kaletra, Brazil's new health minister denied the existence of an agreement under which his country would refrain from breaking the patent on the drug. |
Abbott Races To Beat Clock In Patent Brawl With Brazil
Friday, July 08, 2005
Brazil’s government and Abbott Laboratories are in last-minute talks to avoid a compulsory license on the U.S. drug maker’s AIDS therapy Kaletra, the company said. |
Abbott Yields To Brazil Pressure, Avoids Compulsory License On Kaletra
Friday, July 8, 2005
In a last-minute compromise that averted a compulsory license, U.S. drug maker Abbott Laboratories agreed Friday to lower the price the Brazilian government pays for its AIDS drug Kaletra. |
Brand-Name Drug Makers Win Key Provisions In Central American Free-Trade Pact
Monday, July 04, 2005
U.S. brand-name drug makers appear to have scored a major victory with the pharmaceutical provisions of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which would provide five years of market exclusivity to new drugs. |
Brazil To Break Patent On Abbott Drug In Ten Days
Friday, July 01, 2005
Brazil has informed Abbott Laboratories that it will break the company's patent on the antiretroviral drug Kaletra in the next few days unless the U.S. drug maker offers a steep price break on the HIV/AIDS drug. |
Tech Giants Target Brazilian Piracy, Counterfeiting
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Seven of the world’s largest electronics and computer companies have established a coalition to fight rampant piracy and counterfeiting in Brazil, the companies said. |
Friday, June 24, 2005
Brazil has vowed to break the patent on U.S. drug maker Abbott Laboratories' HIV drug Kaletra in an effort to cut treatment costs. |
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French Tax Raises Money For Drugs—And IP Concerns
As international governments and drug companies struggle to find a balance between protection of intellectual property and the rights of poor nations to access crucial medications, a controversial new French initiative stands to fuel the growing debate by pressuring the pharmaceutical industry to lower its prices. |
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London Fog Lets Go Of Trademark
Monday, August 21, 2006
Still selling off its assets, bankrupt rainwear maker London Fog Group Inc. has unloaded its famed trademark, with Iconix Brand Group Inc. snapping up the recognizable brand for $30.5 million in cash and $7 million in stock.
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No End In Sight In Plavix Battle
Monday, August 21, 2006
Attorneys spent a second day in court Monday arguing over whether Apotex’ generic version of the blockbuster blood thinner Plavix should be allowed on the market.
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Lengthy Patent Battle Wages On For Microsoft
Monday, August 21, 2006
Timeline Inc. announced Monday that it has terminated a limited license with Microsoft Corp. for use of its patents with the software giant’s SQL Servers, and has asked a federal court to add Microsoft to a patent infringement lawsuit.
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eBay Opinion Doesn’t Affect Preliminary Injunctions, Judge Rules
Monday, August 21, 2006
A federal judge has ruled that a landmark Supreme Court decision involving eBay only relates to permanent injunctions and not preliminary ones.
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Federal Circuit Overturns Jury Verdict Against ACell
Monday, August 21, 2006
The Federal Circuit has overturned a jury verdict that found biotechnology company ACell Inc. liable for patent infringement of a tissue-engineering method for healing wounds and scars, ruling against Cook Biotech Inc. and Purdue Research Foundation.
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Silicon Graphics To Retain Paul Hastings
Monday, August 21, 2006
Silicon Graphics Inc. has requested permission to hire Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP to act as its special intellectual property counsel.
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Courts Write History on Permanent Injunctions In Patent Actions
Monday, August 21, 2006
Although a few more pages have been filled on the subject, there are still more pages that need to be written before the full impact and proper manner of applying the logic set forth in eBay will be understood, say Anthony F. Lo Cicero and Charles R. Macedo of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP.
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DexCom Scores Stay, Partial Dismissal In Abbott Suit
Friday, August 18, 2006
DexCom Inc. revealed Friday that it received a favorable ruling in a patent infringement dispute with rival Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. over technology related to glucose monitors used by diabetics.
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EchoStar Wins Block Of Damaging DVR Injunction
Friday, August 18, 2006
The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Friday blocked a temporary injunction that would have prevented Echostar Communication Corp. from selling some of its digitial video recorders and stopped the service of about 4 million DVRs within 30 days.
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Gloves Come Off In Plavix Battle
Friday, August 18, 2006
Canadian generic drug maker Apotex has accused Bristol-Myers of engaging in illegal secret side deals that led to a Department of Justice investigation into a Plavix settlement agreement.
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