Instruct launch signals new opportunities for European structural biology...
Today’s launch of Instruct, a distributed research infrastructure for structural biology, will give scientists across Europe access to a portfolio of technologies, thanks to the collaboration of 14...
View ArticleFinally, a unified EU patent
Early this week the European Union finally accomplished what has long seemed highly unlikely--a unified European Patent known as the "unitary" patent. Designed to address Europe's lagging role in the...
View ArticleOne Step Closer to a Unified Patent Court of Europe
On May 5th Europe jumped one of the last major hurdles on the way to implementing the EU Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC). The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down its verdict...
View ArticleIs Brexit an IP Exit?
Summary Voters in the U.K. recently passed a referendum paving the way for the U.K. to leave the European Union (EU). In response, British Prime Minister David Cameron resigned on Wednesday, July 13,...
View ArticleContinental patents a la carte or prix fixe? Biotechnology considerations for...
Unitary patents in Europe The European unitary patent and Unitary Patent Court (UPC) are slated to go into effect in early 2017. These monumental changes will have a significant impact on the ways...
View ArticleGetting the Most from Biotech Patents in Europe Without Breaking the Bank:...
Written by Agnes Juang, Ph.D. and Scott Siera, Ph.D. Once a European patent application has been granted, all patentees must then choose to validate the granted application in one or more European...
View ArticleReport Finds European Union’s Assessment of High-Risk Medical Devices of Low...
A report appearing in the December 2017 issue of Value in Health, (a journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research) concluded that assessments of high-risk medical...
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