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The Kardashians – A cautionary tale

As widely reported, the famous for being famous Kardashian sisters (Kim, Khloe and Kourtney) have had to rename their “Khroma” make up range which was being sold in over 5300 stores across the US because of a dispute with Lee Tillett, Inc., the owner of the KROMA line of cosmetics. […]Read More »

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SPC Law and Practice 2013: All you need to know

Dr. Yvonne McKeown will be attending the ‘SPC Law and Practice 2013: All you need to know’ seminar in London on Tuesday 2nd July 2013.  This seminar will look at how national patent offices are implementing the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Neurim Pharmaceuticals […]Read More »

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Why Patent Attorneys are indispensable / Are third parties free to produce Myriad’s breast cancer gene test?

In a much-anticipated decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., the United States Supreme Court has held that product claims directed to naturally occurring BRCA gene sequences are products of nature and are therefore not eligible for patent protection.  Thus claims to naturally occurring nucleic acids are not […]Read More »

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