Keyword: patent infringement

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Momenta Set Back as Court Lifts Blood Clot Drug Halt

04.08.2012 - A divided federal appeals court overturned an order in favor of Momenta Pharmaceuticals that had blocked Watson Pharmaceuticals from selling a generic version of the blood-thinning...

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Teva Shares Jump on Positive Copaxone Patent Ruling

24.06.2012 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries rose more than 11% on Sunday after a U.S. court upheld Teva's patents for multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone well into 2015. Israel-based Teva, the...

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Warner Chilcott to Explore Sale of Company

30.04.2012 - Specialty pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott said it would explore strategic options, including preliminary talks with potential buyers, sending its shares up as much as 24%...

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US Top Court Rules for Generic Drugmaker on Patent

18.04.2012 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a generic drugmaker in a case over how companies can fight brand-name rivals in an effort to get their cheaper medicines to...

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US Organic Growers Appeal Lawsuit Against Monsanto

28.03.2012 - A group of U.S. family farmers said on Wednesday it is appealing its lawsuit against Monsanto to challenge the company's patents on technologies for genetically modified seeds. The...

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Columbia University Sues Illumina Over DNA Patents

27.03.2012 - Illumina, a gene-mapping company facing a $5.7 billion hostile takeover bid by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding, was sued by Columbia University on Monday for allegedly infringing...

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Boston Scientific Wins 14-year NIR Stent Patent Case Against J&J

29.09.2011 - Medical devices maker Boston Scientific announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that its NIR Stent did not infringe Johnson &Johnson 's Fischell...