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Teva removes more than 200 patents from U.S. FDA’s Orange Book: win for FTC
Read more: Teva removes more than 200 patents from U.S. FDA’s Orange Book: win for FTCFollowing President Trump’s promise to lower the cost of drugs and a United States Federal Trade Commission investigation into a patent portfolio owned by Teva, the Israeli pharma company has asked the Food and Drug Administration to remove more than 200 improper patent listings related to asthma, diabetes, and COPD drugs, and epinephrine autoinjectors, from…
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U.S. appeals court to Apple: now prove the value of your IP in district court (for the first time since the Samsung patent spat)
Read more: U.S. appeals court to Apple: now prove the value of your IP in district court (for the first time since the Samsung patent spat)An appellate ruling that largely upheld contempt sanctions imposed on Apple will now lead to further proceedings in district court.
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Encourage FRAND SEP licensing negotiations through patent pools, intermediaries: The World Bank recommends to low, middle-income nations
Read more: Encourage FRAND SEP licensing negotiations through patent pools, intermediaries: The World Bank recommends to low, middle-income nationsThe World Bank’s first-ever report on standards has issued several recommendations to low and middle-income nations on how they can leverage standard-essential patents to propel their economies, pointing to China and the Republic of Korea as model examples.
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Target sued in Eastern District of Texas over payment system patent infringement
Read more: Target sued in Eastern District of Texas over payment system patent infringementCardtek (PayCore) has sued U.S. retailer Target in the United States Districs Court for the Eastern District of Texas over the alleged infringement of three of its patents related to payment systems.
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UK court order following Amazon v. InterDigital antisuit hearing just serves as summary of status quo; big elephant remains in room
Read more: UK court order following Amazon v. InterDigital antisuit hearing just serves as summary of status quo; big elephant remains in roomIt was already clear during the recent Amazon v. InterDigital hearing in London that the UK antisuit injunction would remain in place.
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Nokia signs bilateral wireless patent licensing agreement with automaker Stellantis, acquires WiFi 7 patents from Huawei
Read more: Nokia signs bilateral wireless patent licensing agreement with automaker Stellantis, acquires WiFi 7 patents from HuaweiIn a blog post today, Nokia’s Chief Licensing Officer for Wireless Technologies, Susanna Martikainen, announced that the company has signed a bilateral patent licensing agreement with Stellantis – its fourth major WLAN license deal with an automaker this year – and acquired several of Huawei’s WiFi 7-related patents.
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Swiss patent court offers expedited nullity proceedings for use in foreign jurisdictions, including UPC
Read more: Swiss patent court offers expedited nullity proceedings for use in foreign jurisdictions, including UPCThe Federal Patent Court in Switzerland has announced that nullity declaration actions brought against patents that form the basis of infringement suits will be expedited.
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Some direct patent infringement “acceptable price” for expediting competition: U.S. Solicitor General urges Supreme Court to review skinny labeling and generic drug access
Read more: Some direct patent infringement “acceptable price” for expediting competition: U.S. Solicitor General urges Supreme Court to review skinny labeling and generic drug accessUnited States Solicitor General D. John Sauer has filed a petition urging the Supreme Court to intervene in a long-running drug patent infringement case in which he alleges the Federal Circuit failed to apply the “skinny labelling” (section viii) pathway, which allows the entry of generics that carve out patented uses but otherwise duplicate the…


