Intellectual Property Law

The "God" Particle
As some people will have heard, CERN researchers have announced that they have seen evidence of particle which they believe to be a boson and which may be a Higgs Boson, aka the "God" particle...

Scientist Says "God Particle" Nickname For Higgs Boson Could Offend
As reported by the Washington Post, scientists in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday announced that they had found the elusive Higgs boson, a sub-atomic particle that gives mass to other particles...

Stephan on Selectivity & Symmetry in International Law
Paul B. Stephan III (University of Virginia School of Law) has posted Symmetry and Selectivity: What Happens in International Law When the World Changes (Chicago Journal of International Law, Forthcoming) on SSRN...

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY: Japanese researchers using particle accelerator to breed salt resis
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY: Japanese researchers using particle accelerator to breed salt resistant rice. Japanese researchers at the Riken Nishina Centre for Accelerator-Based Science have been using their particle accelerator to cause mutations in rice for over two decades with the aim of breeding rice that is more resistant to saltwater...

India Sets High Bar for Patent Protection, But Is it Too High
Be careful what you wish for. It might be what multinational drug companies are thinking in regard to India's recently overhauled patent system.

BYPASSING DEFENSES WITH A RED-BLOODED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE: Liangfang Zhang and colleagues filled
BYPASSING DEFENSES WITH A RED-BLOODED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE: Liangfang Zhang and colleagues filled the red blood cell membrane with a cocktail of anti-cancer drugs. According to the researchers, the device stayed inside the bodies of lab mice for nearly 72 hours...

Zantac Patent
GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute.

Soliris Patent
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to pay the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $10 million patent infringement settlement.

DRAM Patent
ProMOS Technologies and Mosel Vitelic pay MOSAID Technologies an undisclosed patent infringement settlement.

BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps
BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps

Majestic High Chairs
Recall Expanded

Envision High Chairs
Recalled by Evenflo