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The Beni Suef Economic Court in Egypt has recently ordered the removal of nearly five hectares of illegally grown Early Sweet™ grapevines, totaling 9000 vines and associated seedlings. The farm owner did not have a license to grow or commercialize the Early Sweet™ grapes and was found to be infringing the intellectual property (IP) rights held by Grapa Varieties Ltd. The case against the farm owner was won by Grapa, which specializes in breeding and licensing premium table grape varieties under the ARRA™ and Early Sweet™ brands. The particular IP right at issue was a plant breeders’ right (PBR) owned by Grapa.

Research assistant Nicole Gebert contributed to this article. Part 1 of this article discussed the background and purpose of the EU In Vitro Diagnostic Regulati

Lindy Pittman, Summer Associate in Washington, D.C., contributed to the drafting of this post. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement

Research assistant Nicole Gebert contributed to this article.  After having discussed the general purpose and background of the IVDR, the new definition of IVDs

Research assistant Nicole Gebert contributed to this article. In vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDs), hence devices used for medical tests on samples such a

Thanks to our Life Sciences Transactions + Licensing Group, including Matthew Karlyn, Mai Zymaris, and Hannah Koo, for contributing to this post. Earlier this m

On May 6, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice, proposing to amend the Rules of Practice in Patent Cases to allow electro

Liz Freeman Rosenzweig co-authored an article for China IPR examining China's new and much anticipated Seed Law, which went into effect on March 1, 2022. "The n

Life sciences patent applications often contain DNA, RNA, and amino acid sequences in the specification, claims, or figures that are required to be provided in

Owen Grayson Hosseinzadeh, Law Clerk in San Diego, contributed to the drafting of this post. The standard for written description in the life sciences seems to