South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor says that Japanese lens maker Enplas' LED lens patent has been revoked in Taiwan, adding to a series of legal victories against Enplas in the USA, Korea, and Europe. Enplas's patent has been ...
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Recent patent disputes between Japanese LED manufacturer Nichia and Taiwanese counterpart Everlight has raged on, with new disputes every now and then. Will the two sides ever reach a settlement? And how will these patent issues affect the ...
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Spain-based Derprosa, which specialises in the development, manufacture and commercialisation of Biaxially oriented Polypropylene film (BOOP) for the graphic arts’ sector, is set to double its production capacity for 2015 with a new ...
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Medtronic's CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement device. (Courtesy Medtronic) Almost before the judge's signature was dry on Friday's federal district court preliminary injunction in favor of Edwards Lifesciences Corp. ...
The European Patent Office (EPO) has revealed that Philips filed the third largest number of patent applications in Europe in 2013. According to the organisation, Philips filed 1,839 patent applications, up 59 per cent compared to 2012 ...
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Israel-based NLT Spine has announced the issuance of two new patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) covering the company’s conduit straight design and implant beveled tip, used as part of the PROW FUSION (lumbar ...
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Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED(R) technology and materials, today announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) issued a decision on the previously-disclosed appeal ...
Medtronic, a US-based medical technology company, has announced that a German court has ordered the discontinuation, in its entirety, of a prior court ruling that prohibited the company from commercially marketing or selling the CoreValve ...
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Biopharmaceutical firm Access Pharmaceuticals (ACCP) has secured European patent (EP1997478) for MuGard, which offers the oral muscosa with a thin protective hydrogel layer. Oral muscosa has been confirmed in many clinical studies to ...
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US-based biotechnology company Veritas Bio received a patent related to in vivo delivery of nucleic acids from the European Patent Office. Inventor Dr Pachuk noted the allowed claims cover transfecting nucleic acids into skin or muscle ...
Can-Fite BioPharma, the parent company of OphthaliX, received a patent entitled ‘Adenosine A3 receptor agonists for the treatment of dry eye disorders including Sjogren’s syndrome’ from the European Patent Office. The ...
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Edwards Lifesciences announced that the injunction imposed by the District Court of Mannheim, Germany against the sales of Medtronic's transcatheter heart valves has become effective. In July 2013, the court ruled that Medtronic's ...
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Biopharmaceutical company Galena Biopharma has announced patent notification from the European Patent Office for pharmaceutical use of NeuVax (nelipepimut-S) as a vaccine for the prevention of relapse in breast cancer patients. The patent ...
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A court in Germany has found that Medtronic has infringed on Edwards Lifesciences' Spenser patent for transcatheter heart valve technology and granted an injunction banning the sale of CoreValve and CoreValve Evolut systems in the country. ...
The Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) on Tuesday signed an agreement to start using the same patent classification system as adopted by the E.U. and U.S. patent authorities in January, the European Patent Office (EPO) ...