Articles by: Admin

U.S. Supreme Court – Myriad Genetics Decisionand “Isolated” Genes

Much is being written about the Supreme Court decision of 13 June 2013 regarding the patentability of naturally occurring DNA molecules.  In the words of the Court – “…genes and the information they encode are not patent eligible under [35 U.S.C.]§101 simply because they have been isolated from the surrounding genetic material.” […]

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Patent Translate covers Chinese

The EPO and Google have been working together to bring you a translation service optimised for patent documents – Patent Translate With the most recent addition of Chinese, Patent Translate now enables free on-the-fly-translation of patents from, and into, English for 14 languages. It is estimated that by the year […]

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Occlutech Wins Dutch Supreme Court Case Against AGA/St. Jude Medical

Occlutech GmbH,  received a favorable Supreme Court ruling from The Hague in The Netherlands in litigation with AGA/St Jude Medical.  In this final ruling, the Supreme Court maintained favourable first instance and appeal court rulings. The Dutch Supreme court decision comes after Supreme Courts in Germany and the UK decided […]

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Occlutech Wins Swedish District Court Case Against AGA/St. Jude Medical

Occlutech GmbH received a favorable court ruling from Stockholm, Sweden in on-going patent litigation with AGA Medical/St. Jude Medical. The district court of Stockholm, rejected AGA’s claim that Occlutech’s ASD and PFO occluders infringe one of their patents. The  decision is in line with a similar decision in the first instance […]

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