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Hutchison China Meditech Had Enrolled Patients for a Study of Colorectal Cancer

Sep 11, 2014

Amid daily updates from the pharmaceuticals industry on the latest clinical trials, last week's announcement by Hutchison China MediTech that it had enrolled patients for a study of colorectal cancer was hardly cause for excitement. But ...

Tags: Health, Medicine, Chinese Pharma

Speaking on The House Judiciary Committee's Vote Approving H.R. 3309, The Innovation Act

Nov 25, 2013

Speaking on the on the House Judiciary Committee’s vote approving H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act, the National Retail Federation Senior Vice President David French said, “The Judiciary Committee has taken Congress’ first ...

Tags: Patent Reform, Apparel

A US International Trade Commission Has Been Overturned by The Obama Administration

Aug 6, 2013

A US International Trade Commission ruling from June 2013 banning sales of older Apple iPad and iPhone models has been overturned by the Obama administration. The decision - which related to 3G wireless technology - has been vetoed ...

Tags: Apple, iPad, iPhone

Chinese Flow Control and Treatment Market Is Growing at Double-Digit Rates

Jun 26, 2013

The Chinese flow control and treatment market is growing at double-digit rates and will reach just under $1 billion annually by 2017. This the aggregated forecast in a number of McIlvaine Market reports. China accounts for 20 percent of ...

Tags: Chinese Pharmaceutical, Health, Medicine

A U.S. Appeals Court Ruled That an Abstract Idea Is Not Patentable

May 15, 2013

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, signaling what one judge described as the "death" of software and business method patents. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...

Tags: Software Patents, Software

The U.S. Congress Don't Make Products to File Infringement Complaints at The USITC

Apr 19, 2013

The U.S. Congress should limit the ability of patent holders that don't make products to file infringement complaints at the U.S. International Trade Commission because of a huge increase in cases there, representatives of some companies ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

Microsoft Launched a Searchable List of Its Complete Patent Portfolio

Apr 2, 2013

Microsoft today launched a searchable list of its complete patent portfolio as part of its defense of the patent system, particularly software patents. The list is currently composed of nearly 41,000 U.S. and international patents ...

Tags: Microsoft, software patents, software

Samsung Was The Largest Applicant for European Patents Last Year

Mar 8, 2013

Samsung was the largest applicant for European patents last year. Siemens, BASF, Ericsson and Bosch were all in the top ten for applications and, for the first time, A Chinese company – ZTE – made it into the top ten. The ...

Tags: Samsung, patent, ZTE, European patents

Software Patents, Facing New Scrutiny in The U.S.

Feb 25, 2013

Software patents, facing new scrutiny in the U.S., drive innovation and protect huge investments by developers, representatives of software companies said during a Capitol Hill briefing. The U.S. patent system isn't perfect, but lawmakers ...

Tags: Software patents, software, US

Foreman of The Jury That Recently Handed Apple a $1 Billion Patent Victory Over Samsung

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - The foreman of the jury that recently handed Apple a $1 billion patent victory over Samsung Electronics was untruthful and biased, the South Korean company alleged in a filing with a U.S. court. Samsung wants a retrial of ...

Tags: Apple, patent victory, Samsung Electronics, smartphone

Apple and Samsung Are Left Waiting and Wondering What The Jury Made

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - As a nine-person jury begins deliberations in the closely watched patent trial between Apple and Samsung, the companies and their lawyers are left waiting and wondering what the jury made of the three weeks of arguments. ...

Tags: Apple, Samsung, smartphone market, smartphone

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Will Open Satellite Offices in Silicon Valley

Dec 26, 2012

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will open satellite offices in Silicon Valley, Texas and Colorado in an effort to bolster its recruitment of patent examiners and other employees and better serve local businesses, the office announced ...

Tags: U.S., Patent Trademark Office, satellite offices, Silicon Valley

The Stakes Are High for Both Apple and Samsung Electronics

Dec 25, 2012

The stakes are high for both Apple and Samsung Electronics as they prepare to kick off their much-anticipated patent-infringement trial in front of a California jury on Monday. At the end of the proceedings, the 10-member jury, under the ...

Tags: Apple, Samsung Electronics, patent, nfringement trial

China's LED Industry Has Begun to Take Shape, and Entering a Period of Rapid Development

Dec 23, 2012

China's LED industry has begun to take shape, and entering a period of rapid development. LED industry annual sales revenue of over 150 billion yuan, the production growth of nearly 50% over 8000 enterprises engaged in the LED industry, has ...

Tags: China LED

European Parliament Voted in Favour of New Patent Law to Provide One Regulation

Dec 21, 2012

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a new patent law to provide one regulation and one court to cover inventions across the European Union (EU). Currently EU citizens can either apply for a national patent in their own country ...

Tags: European Parliament, national patent, unitary patent, patent system

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