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Glivec (Imatinib) – India: Novartis persists in challenge to Indian patent law; Justice Katju recuses himself (Spicy IP) (Intellectual Property Watch)

Ultracet (Tramadol/Acetaminophen) – US: CAFC vacates Ultracet obviousness decision: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc v Teva Pharmaceuticals (not precedential) (Patently-O) (Patent Docs) (SmartBrief)

The tragedy of a bad idea – concept of the ‘tragedy of the anticommons’ (Patent Docs)

BioWorld reports on the top 25 biotech drugs (Patent Docs)

Branded generics; did The Economist get it right? (IP finance)

Access to research – the seeds of thought, the wisdom of tradition (Patenting Lives)

Brazil/US: US dodges Brazil’s WTO pharma patent bullet (IAM)

India: A ‘spurious’ definition: Need to amend the Drug and Cosmetic Act (Spicy IP)

India may be nearing dispute settlement with EU over generic drug seizures (Intellectual Property Watch)

UK: Parallel imports lead to UK drug shortages (IPKat)

US: ACLU moves for summary judgment in case challenging patentability of BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer genes (Holman’s Biotech IP Blog) (Patently-O)

US: BPAI construes ‘pharmaceutical compound’ as a compound that ‘achieve[s] any discernable physiological effect’: Ex parte Pickar (Gray on Claims)

US: TET Systems and Pharmaccet settle patent litigation over gene expression technology (IP Frontline)

US: Paragraph IV certification reported by USFDA (June-August 2009) (Generic Pharmaceuticals and Patentology)

US: Deloitte white paper addresses unintended consequences of follow-on biologic regulatory pathway (Patent Docs)

US: Should exclusivity periods be tailored to technology? (IP Osgoode)

US: PTO issues interim examination instructions for patentable subject matter and invites comments (Patents4Life) (Patents4Life)

US: Biotech/Pharma financing improving, R&D spending up (Patent Docs)

Cymbalta (Duloxetine) – US: Eli Lilly files patent infringement suit against Anchen following Para IV challenge (Patent Docs)

Glivec (Imatinib) – India: Novartis persists in challenge to Indian patent law; Justice Katju recuses himself (Spicy IP) (Intellectual Property Watch)

Prezista (Darunavir) – India: MSF announces Patent Office rejected patents on AIDS drugs Tenofovir and Darunavir (Intellectual Property Watch)

Tarceva (Erlotinib) – India: Supreme Court dismisses Roche ‘Tarceva’ petition (Spicy IP)

Taxotere (Docetaxel) – US: Aventis files patent infringement suits against Sun Pharmaceutical in response to Para IV challenge (Patent Docs)

Thalomid (Thalidomide) – Should patient suggestion for treatment be compensated?: Jacobson v Celgene (Patent Baristas)

Ultracet (Tramadol/Acetaminophen) – US: CAFC vacates Ultracet obviousness decision: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc v Teva Pharmaceuticals (not precedential) (Patently-O) (Patent Docs) (SmartBrief)

Viread (Tenofovir) – India: MSF announces Patent Office rejected patents on AIDS drugs Tenofovir and Darunavir (Intellectual Property Watch)