We recently reported on G 2/21, the EPO referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on the question of whether post-published evidence can be used to support inventive steps (see the previous discussion here). Post-published evidence can be crucial to establishing patentability, especially in the fields of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology. It has been established […]
In the case of a legal dispute with another party, sometimes all it takes is a strong demand letter to get what you want. Wiring a strong demand letter is a skill that is essential in getting the best outcome. There are several elements to include in your letter before delivering it, so follow these […]
President Biden has denounced Vladimir Putin as a war criminal. Whether he is guilty of war crimes would be for a court to determine, but on the evidence so far, there is a very strong case for Putin to answer. The shelling of a maternity hospital in Mariupol and a bread factory outside Kiev are […]
On Tuesday, a federal judge in LA signed off Activision Blizzard Inc’s $18 million settlement of a US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit claiming widespread sex discrimination. This came over objections by a California agency that says the settlement could derail its own case against the US video game company. The judge also dismissed […]
On Thursday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claiming Endo International Plc and Impax Laboratories violated antitrust laws by forming a deal that stifled market competition for an opioid drug, Opana ER. It was not immediately clear what the reasons for US District Judge Royce Lamberth’s decision were […]
Pharmaceutical company Sandoz Inc has persuaded a federal judge in Delaware to dismiss a lawsuit claiming its proposed generic version of a blockbuster lung-disease drug would go against the patent rights of the drug's original manufacturers, Roche Genentech Inc. On Tuesday, US District Judge Richard Andrew found parts of Genentech's patents to be invalid and […]
An LA federal judge has said she is prepared to approve an $18 million settlement between Activision Blizzard Inc and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a lawsuit claiming widespread sex discrimination by the American video game company. On Tuesday, US District Judge Dale Fischer said that the deal was sufficient, but asked […]
E-commerce giant Amazon has been referred to the US Department of Justice over claims of potential “criminal obstruction of Congress” by the company and some of its top executives. In a letter to the Attorney General of the United States, members of the US House Judiciary Committee said Amazon engaged in a "pattern and practice […]
The deal was made after the SEC sued Tesla following a tweet from Musk who said he had “funding secured” to take the electric vehicle company private. According to the Telegraph, Musk said he was forced to step down as company chairman and needed to obtain permission from Tesla before sharing sensitive tweets. “The SEC’s […]
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