26.04.2017
- German chemical giant BASF and Chicago, USA-based Argonne National Laboratory have settled out of court their running patent disputes with Belgium’s Umicore. The two companies said...
02.12.2016
- Evonik has agreed to buy Metabolic Explorer’s methionine technology portfolio for €45 million. The deal, signed on Nov. 28, strengthens the Essen-based specialty chemical company’s...
14.04.2016
- A court in Dusseldorf, Germany, has ruled that UK-based Molycorp Chemicals & Oxides has infringed Solvay’s patents for rare earth mixed oxides. The UK affiliate of the Colorado, US...
28.07.2015
- The subject matter of patents is, in general, with the exception of a wider range of patentable subject matters in the US, directed to technical solutions in the form of devices...
12.04.2015
- A US court has given Belgium's Umicore, one of the leading providers of cathode materials for batteries, until Apr. 17 to reply to allegations by BASF that the company breached...
29.04.2014
- Pfizer is now expected to increase its $100 billion offer to acquire UK rival AstraZeneca after being rebuffed a second time. The company has confirmed that it approached its...
01.02.2014
- Paris-based pharmaceuticals producer Sanofi has filed a patent infringement suit against U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly, claiming that its U.S. rival infringed four of its patents for...
