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Merck Wins $2.54B in Royalties From Gilead in Patent Lawsuit Trial

Merck & Co. on Thursday was awarded $2.54 billion in royalties by a federal jury in a patent lawsuit against Gilead Sciences Inc. over Gilead's blockbuster hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni. ...

SCOTUS Will Consider Patent Lawsuit Limits

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether to limit where patent lawsuits may be filed, potentially threatening a years-long trend that critics say allows frequent and ...

European Patent Changes Could Bring More Lawsuits Overseas

A new system for filing and enforcing patents in Europe, which is expected to be implemented in 2016, may bring more intellectual property cases to the region rather than the U.S. or Asia, a law firm ...

Questionable Software Patents Behind Rise in Lawsuits: GAO

Software patents are the biggest reason behind a rise in litigation over inventions, especially against companies that use the technology, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found. Its study, ...