All patents articles
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BusinessEurope gears up for streamlined patent system
Delayed Unified Patent Court set to begin operating in April
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NewsUS urged to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents
175 former world leaders and Nobel laureates call on Joe Biden to suspend intellectual property rules
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CareersHow to protect your intellectual property
A great idea is just the first step on a long road
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NewsDoes pursuing commercial interests hinder an academic career?
Research probes scientists’ motives for pursuing commercial projects
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OpinionLetters: February 2020
The story of ‘Bung’, and your opinions on patent law, pollution and safety
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BusinessPfizer’s Upjohn to merge with Mylan
Deal combines Pfizer’s off-patent drug portfolio with Mylan’s generics
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NewsEnglish health service could recover £500m in drug costs from Pfizer
NHS England may have paid over the odds for pain drug whose patent has now been revoked
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ArticleCan patents ever be as popular as papers?
Do you think patents are long, boring and useless? Maybe it’s time to change your mind.
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Court rejects Spain’s challenge to EU patent reform
Single patent system in Europe overcomes major obstacle
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US universities back new bill to curb patent trolls
Academic research community endorses competing legislation as harmless to university tech transfer
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NewsUS universities warn against patent reform proposals
Congress is considering legislation that would devastate university technology transfer, more than 140 universities caution
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Myriad calls a ceasefire in court battle over cancer gene tests
US biotech firm settles patent lawsuits involving BRCA gene tests, agrees to dismiss claims against several labs
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Myriad loses appeal on cancer gene test patents
US appeals court rules that biotechnology company cannot block competitor’s breast cancer tests
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NewsRenewed focus on dementia checked by drug challenges
‘Ticking time bomb’ of global neurodegenerative disease burden will be difficult to defuse
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NewsDatabase of 15 million chemical structures set free
European Bioinformatics Institute will curate patent data which should be a boon for drug chemists
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Former student sues Harvard for $10 million
PhD chemist seeks damages in row over patent royalties
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NewsUS supreme court rules genes can't be patented
Breast cancer test company at centre of case can still rely on patents on non-naturally occurring DNA
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OpinionCompulsory licences: necessity or threat?
Are compulsory licences for patent-protected drugs a necessary measure, or a threat to innovation?
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NewsChinese scientist arrested for attempted research theft
Medical College of Wisconsin researcher arrested for allegedly stealing a patented cancer compound to take to a Chinese university