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The PARTS Act, which Hatch reintroduced in April 2017, would specify that it’s not an act of infringement for an alternative parts supplier to sell an aftermarket collision repair part once 2.5 years have elapsed from the date of the design patent. The previous enforcement period was 14 years. Last... Continue reading
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On Friday, April 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in a 2 to 1 decision that Maryland’s generic drug pricing “gouging” law was … “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli’s company Turing was able to jack up the price of the drug Daraprim from $13.50 to $750... Continue reading
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RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Michael Best is pleased to announce that Anthony Biller and Emily Haas have joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group in Raleigh. Biller joins as partner in addition to being named Managing Partner of the office, with Haas joining as a senior counsel.
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According to Amazon, law agencies could be a consumer as the system makes it possible to receive global bitcoin transactions, bifurcated by nations. The system would further use transactional data with ISP information that corresponds to a particular bitcoin address. The system could make it possible …
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… International Trademark Association and the State Bar of Georgia’s Intellectual Property section. She is also currently on the Executive Board of Kate’s Club. Hyland earned her undergraduate, master’s and law degrees from the University of Florida. For more information, visit www.taylorenglish.com.
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Last fall, Josh Sarnoff, professor of law at DePaul University College of Law, released a white paper highlighting that the PARTS Act is necessary to preserve a competitive aftermarket parts marketplace. The white paper is titled “Protecting the Consumer Patent Law Right of Repair on the Aftermarket for …
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A rival of pharmaceutical giant Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) is trying to sell a generic version of a cholesterol drug for less than one tenth of the price of its product in breach of patent rights, it has been claimed in court proceedings. MSD Ireland’s chief executive Gerard Brennan... Continue reading
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If Clonmel is not restrained from infringing MSD’s rights, four other generic companies which have already obtained authorisations to sell generic Inegy, will be … MSD is also engaged in litigation in several other European countries in relation to questions of law concerning its SPC patent rights. There is …
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In EVE-USA v. Mentor Graphics, petitioner raises two important questions of patent law involving assignor-estoppel and damage apportionment respectively. Here, EVE-USA was founded by former Mentor employee-inventors. Initially Mentor licensed-back their patents, but terminated that license when …
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