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Written by: Mak Tsunozaki, Ph.D. & Kendall Loebbaka
ARTHREX, INC. v. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Before Prost, Newman, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O’Malley... Read More »
On March 3, 2020, Exact Sciences announced completion of its acquisition of Paradigm Diagnostics, Inc. and Viomics, Inc., privately held companies based in Phoenix... Read More »
ILLUMINA, INC. v. ARIOSA DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
Before Lourie, Moore, and Reyna. Appeal from the Northern District of California.
Summary: Use of a natural... Read More »
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) allows for a trademark application to be filed on an “Intent to Use” basis to establish a priority date... Read More »
PHARMA TECH SOLUTIONS, INC. v. LIFESCAN, INC.
Before Moore, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada... Read More »
Wearable fitness products company Fitbit Inc. announced Friday it entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by Alphabet Inc.-owned Google for $7.35 per share in... Read More »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two new guidance documents related respectively to an “abbreviated” and a “special”... Read More »
On June 11, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141... Read More »
In July 2018, Citroën, the French car manufacturer, unveiled glasses that aid in alleviating motion sickness. The “Seetoën” glasses... Read More »
A Delaware jury awarded Hologic $4.2 million in lost profit patent damages and more than half a million dollars in reasonable royalty patent damages, based on Minerva ... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Prost, Moore, and Wallach. Appeal from the Northern District of Florida.
Summary: When a... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Judge Newman, Lourie and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Chief Judge Prost, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern ... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Dyk, Schall, and Reyna. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Summary... Read More »
Global medical device company Boston Scientific has announced on December 27, 2018, that it exercised its option to acquire remaining shares of... Read More »
A new study based on a novel implantable weight loss device that was published in Nature, has shown that it was able to help rats shed almost 40 percent of their body ... Read More »
Garmin International, Inc. recently announced a collaboration with ActiGraph to create health and activity monitoring solutions for academic research, clinical... Read More »
On November 9, 2018, Cook Medical LLC filed a petition with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board requesting inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No... Read More »
Atrial fibrillation (AF), a common heart rhythm disorder, is often treated with cardiac ablation. Cardiac ablation uses RF (heating) or cryothermal (cooling) energy... Read More »