Patents

Patents

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  ITC bans iPhone 4 imports

  A U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held ... 

• Sanofi abandons 2 drugs after trial failures

  Drugmaker Sanofi is abandoning two drugs in the late stages of development after trials revealed they weren't more effective than other therapies. 

• EU: Motorola may have violated antitrust rules

  The European Commission said Monday that Motorola Mobility may have abused its dominant market position by denying Apple the right to use technology ... 

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  Novartis posts profit gain thanks to new drugs

  Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG reported a 6.7 percent increase in profit for the first quarter Wednesday, boosted by new products and ... 

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  Drug maker Novartis loses India patent battle

  India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that ... 

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  India's top court to deliver Novartis judgment

  India's Supreme Court is to rule Monday on a landmark patent case involving Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG that focuses on demands by major companies ... 

• AstraZeneca settles legal dispute with Watson

  Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has settled a patent dispute with Watson Laboratories, Inc., removing a threat against its ... 

• India rejects Bayer plea against cheap cancer drug

  India's patent appeals office has rejected Bayer AG's plea to stop the production of a cheaper generic version of a patented cancer drug in a ruling ... 

• AstaZeneca in patent warning as net profit falls

  Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC warned over expiring patents on its medicines as the company announced a 37 percent fall in ... 

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  Indian court to rule on generic drug industry

  From Africa's crowded AIDS clinics to the malarial jungles of Southeast Asia, the lives of millions of ill people in the developing world are hanging ... 

• Nokia, RIM settle old disputes in new patent pact

  Nokia Corp. and Canadian smartphone rival Research In Motion have agreed on a new patent licensing pact which will end all existing litigation between ...