AIPPI 2020: innovator patent dispute numbers low

Low number of innovators instigating patentproceedings against other innovators ‘indicative of a system working well’, panellists suggest

Ben Wodecki

The number of innovator v innovator cases appears low, withlitigation likely being treated as a last resort as new pharmaceutical andbiotechnology areas upon up, speakers at the International Association for theProtection of Intellectual Property’s (AIPPI) 2020 World Congress suggested.