The EU Biotech Act is a legislative initiative aimed at simplifying biotech regulation, boosting innovation and investment, and strengthening Europe’s competitiveness and biotech ecosystem, which we…
BackgroundWe previously set out the background and genesis of the proposed regulatory provisions of the "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union Code…
In a dramatic change to Australian patent law, Australia's Full Federal Court has just held that patents for pharmaceutical formulations are not eligible for patent term extensions (PTE): Otsuka…
Preliminary injunctions (“PIs”) matter in life sciences patent cases. As often as not, the party which prevails at this stage of the litigation will have the upper hand in settlement negotiations. …
The Russian Intellectual Property Court (IPC) recently revoked an extension (SPC) of Pfizer's Eurasian patent No. 012666 relating to the composition of tofacitinib in relation to the Russian…
On 1 September 2025, Michael Tappin KC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court handed down a judgment in favour of Bayer’s application to strike out Sandoz’s claim for an account of profits under…
The legal battles surrounding osimertinib have brought significant attention to the pharmaceutical industry in Russia, particularly in relation to intellectual property rights, competition laws, and…
In 1976, Tom Scholz—a MIT-trained engineer and sonic perfectionist—spent months layering guitar tracks in the basement of his Boston apartment to produce More Than a Feeling, a song whose depth came…
On May 27, 2025, the Intellectual Property High Court of Japan ruled in favor of Toray Industries, Inc. in a landmark patent infringement lawsuit (Case No. 2021 (Ne) 10037) concerning the extended…
