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By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Suresh Pillai -- Settlement Announced in University of Iowa Dispute with Amgen The University of Iowa Research Foundation (UIRF) has announced a settlement in its dispute with Amgen Inc. over alleged patent infringement of two UIRF patents covering a cytomegalovirus promoter used in the design and manufacture of a number of marketed vaccines and therapeutics. The two patents-in-suit, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,168,062 and 5,385,839, are collectively known as the Stinski patents after inventor Dr. Mark Stinski, an IU Carver College of Medicine professor of microbiology. UIRF originally filed suit in September 2008 (see "Court Report," September 14, 2008) in...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on August 19, 2009 (boomark / email).