Prior to 2017, Canada had been the only G7 nation not to provide patent term extension for pharmaceutical products and was pressured into adopting this by the EU. [read post]

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 13-1236Issue: Whether the “freely given” standard for the amendment of pleading embodied in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), and espoused in Foman v. [read post]

: (Patent Docs), Generic drug developers will continue to take advantage of global demand for lower-priced drugs, with Teva poised to maintain lead position says Goldman Sachs analyst: (GenericsWeb), Daiichi Sankyo takeover of Ranbaxy: (Profitability through Simplicity), (Spicy IP), (GenericsWeb), Canada: Generics to penetrate 26% pharma market in Canada says RNCOS research: (GenericsWeb), Canada: Generic drug makers spreading misinformation about patent regulation amendments to dodge real story:… [read post]

You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: CAFC vacates FTC’s decision that Rambus breached antitrust duty by violating JEDEC patent disclosure rules and orders new trial: (Philip Brooks), (Techdirt), (Ars Technica), (IP Law360), (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog), (Hal Wegner), (IPBiz), (IP Law360), UK Court of Appeal rules on whether prior art not in the same design field… [read post]