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[Webinar] Cross-border IP strategies for IP owners and litigators - September 18th, 2:00 pm PDT

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Explore skinny labelling & obviousness in Canada and Australia - If you are an intellectual property (IP) owner, a litigator or an in-house legal professional managing IP litigation in multiple jurisdictions, don’t miss...more

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[Webinar] Cross-border IP strategies for IP owners and litigators - September 12th, 12:00 pm GMT

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Explore skinny labelling & obviousness in Canada and Australia - If you are an intellectual property (IP) owner, a litigator or an in-house legal professional managing IP litigation in multiple jurisdictions, don’t miss...more

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Pfizer Files Lawsuit in Australia to Halt Sales of BRENZYS (etanercept)

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Last week Pfizer filed a lawsuit in a federal court of Australia against respondents Samsung Bioepis, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Organon, and Arrow, to halt sales of their biosimilar BRENZYS (etanercept). Pfizer alleges that the...more

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High Court of Australia Settles Principles for Preliminary Discovery

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The Situation: Pfizer, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, brought an application for preliminary discovery of certain confidential documents belonging to Samsung Bioepis ("SB"), a competitor, believing those documents would...more

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Patent Extension for Humira® Denied by Australian Court

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The Australian Federal Court recently ruled that to be eligible for an extension, a patent must cover a “product” rather than a “method of use.” AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd (AbbVie) filed requests to extend Australian patents...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

News from Abroad: IP Australia Releases Myriad Examination Guidelines

Following the recent public consultation in view of the Australian High Court's decision in D'Arcy v Myriad Genetics ("Myriad"), IP Australia has released new Examination Guidelines for applications which may be affected by...more

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Australian Patent Office Provides Patent Eligibility Guidance

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The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) has issued final patent eligibility guidance under the Australian High Court’s decision in D’Arcy v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. Where the USPTO extrapolated from the U.S. Supreme Court...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

News from Abroad: High Court Rules Myriad's BRCA Genes Not Patentable Subject Matter in Australia

Just over one year after the Full Federal Court of Australia unanimously upheld an earlier Federal Court decision that naturally occurring nucleic acid molecules are patentable in Australia, the High Court of Australia has...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

News From Abroad: Australia Is a Favourable Jurisdiction for Innovator Pharmaceutical Companies Seeking Interlocutory Injunctions

Due to the complexity of Australian patent litigation, it can take more than 18 months for a patent dispute to be finally determined by a judge. This is more than enough time for an infringing competitor to irreversibly...more

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