Patent Law

Almost One Million Patent Applications in China in 2009
China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) reports the following statistics:976,686 patent applications (up 17.9%)877,611 domestic (89.9% and up 22.4%)99,075 from abroad (10...

C5 "Pharma Patent Lifecycles" Conference, London, June 26-27
C5 will be holding a "Pharma Patent Lifecycles" conference June 26-27 in London. According to C5, "since 2001, thousands of life sciences patent professionals have made C5's Pharma Patent Lifecycles conferences their source of information for the most up-to-date legal...

Patent Factoids
Some factoids about patents:Typical cost to obtain a U.S. patent: $5,000 to $25,000.  Cost to invalidate a patent: Legal fees average $4.5 million in patent disputes where more than $25 million is at risk...

Platinum Patents
Patent Hawk is delighted to announce Platinum Patents, the prosecution branch of Patent Hawk. The same folk who have been wreaking havoc on patents for years for litigation defense, facilitating monetizing patents for patent holders, and providing patent intelligence to gain an unfair competitive edge, now offer prosecution services for inventors...

Biotech Patents: Strategies for an Evolving Legal Climate
The American Conference Institute?s 11th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents: Comprehensive & Practical Biotech Patent Prosecution and Litigation Strategies for an Evolving Legal Climate will be held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, Boston, MA, on September 30-October 1...

More Patent 101, and some Patent Licensing 201 (advanced class ;)
More patent lessons- first on submarine patents (basics!) and then on how patent pools are licensed. I don’t really want to continue this series, but the past few days have been a good reminder that there is a lot of misinformation out there around patents...

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.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.

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

Hormone Replacement Therapy Lawsuits See Multi-Million Dollar Settlements
HRT Lawsuits Pharma Faces Multi Million Dollar Settlements

Sony
to Pay $18.5 Million For Patent Infringment