Keyword: Intellectual Property (IP)

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Umicore Expands Metathesis Chemistry and Cross-coupling Catalysis Portfolio

15.07.2019 - Umicore‘s business unit Precious Metals Chemistry has signed an agreement with Evonik to take over the German specialty chemicals company’s intellectual property in the field of...

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Celanese Sues Polish Sweetener Distributor

06.12.2017 - US specialty materials company Celanese is suing Polish distributor Falken Trade Polska over alleged infringement of its patent on sweetener acesulfame potassium, or Ace-K. The...

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Metabolix Sells Biopolymer Assets to CJ CheilJedang

25.08.2016 - Just one month after announcing it was quitting the biopolymers business, Metabolix has signed a binding letter of intent (LOI) to sell its assets to South Korean food company CJ...

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Invista Celebrates Another China Infringement Win

23.06.2016 - US nylon producer Invista has won another intellectual property (IP) arbitration against an undisclosed Chinese company for misusing its proprietary PTA technology. Invista said...

Markets & Companies

Supplier-Customer Relationship

05.04.2016 - Chemical companies both large and small are more comfortable today than ever before with outsourced contract manufacturing, or tolling, as it’s commonly called. For many tolling is...

Strategy & Management

The New Globalism

04.04.2016 - In September of 2015, Siegfried completed all closing conditions for its acquisition of the custom synthesis business of BASF and parts of the German group’s active pharmaceutical...

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BioAmber and Reverdia Sign Non-Assert Pact

15.01.2016 - Netherlands-based biomaterials producer Reverdia has signed a non-assert agreement with BioAmber of the US with regard to intellectual property rights for bio-succinic acid. The...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

The Biggest Side-Effect of Making Medicine

07.10.2015 - International intellectual property regulations are doing serious damage to the pharmaceutical industry and, by extension, to the health of people around the world. The core of the...