Medtronic and Abbott settle
Medtronic and Abbott have recently settled their patent disputes all over the world relating to heart stents. As per the settlement agreement, the parties agreed to...
Read MoreIndian Patent Grants for June 2009
The Indian Patent Office granted 383 patents in June, 2009. The top three consisted of COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, which had a patent count of 14...
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Promise to Community
Microsoft has made a ‘unilateral, irrevocable and legally binding’ Community Promise to not exert its patents against anyone for making, using, selling, offering for...
Read More‘Pay to Delay’ deals slammed by the US Justice Department
Ending a 3 year long difference between itself and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the US Justice Department (DOJ) declared last week that deals between pharmaceutical...
Read MorePatent Pool for Neglected Tropical Diseases
GlaxoSmithKline in March 2009 established a patent pool to facilitate research in finding new cure for 16 neglected tropical diseases (NTD) identified by the FDA like...
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