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Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.

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Case Research Notes: Patent Licensing

Dilligent Patexia users may have noticed a new type of contest recently appear on our site: “commercial use” or “licensing” searches. In fact, we just closed our first search of this kind (investigating a particular antibacterial…

February 22, 2013Unsorted3 min read

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The battle over pharmaceutical patents and the Indian drug market

In the late 1990s, Novartis manufactured and patented imatinib (with the brand name Gleevec), a drug that prolongs life in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Since its release, imatinib has offered hope for patients suffering from (CML);…

March 15, 2012Unsorted5 min read