Promega files court challenge to Roche's Taq enzyme patent

Sharing music files: Tactics of a challenge to the industry

The sharing of music files has been the focus of a massive struggle between representatives of major record companies and artists in the music industry, on one side, and peer–to–peer (p2p) file–sharing services and their users, on the other. This struggle can be analysed in terms of tactics used by the two sides, which can be classified into five categories: cover–up versus exposure, devaluatio...

Violence against women--a challenge to the Supreme Court.

How Much Has the Supreme Court Changed Patent Law

Do Patent Challenge Rights Lead to Placeholder Lawsuits?

One of the more curious features of patent law is that patents can be challenged by anyone affected by them, at any time. This challenge right allows potential defendants to file a declaratory relief lawsuit in their local federal district court, seeking a judgment that a patent is invalid or noninfringed. To avoid this home-court advantage, patent owners may file a patent infringement lawsuit ...

Patent dispute: Delhi High Court gives a boost to access to affordable medicines.

The Delhi High Court has rejected the petition filed by Bayer Corporation seeking to stop the Drugs Controller of India (DCGI) from registering a generic version of a patented cancer drug. The case was filed in 2008 by Bayer to try and introduce "patent linkage" which involves linking the registration (marketing approval) of drugs with their patent status. If Bayer's plea for "patent linkage" h...