A US patent renewal recently handed to black pepper extract market leader, Sabinsa, is a warning shot to potential transgressors, the company that dominates the market for the thermogenic, bioavailability-improving extract, has said.
New York-based OmniActive Health Technologies says the reissue of a lutein patent to Kemin Industries in June will not have any bearing on the legal dispute between the two lutein suppliers.
Ocean Spray has received a patent for methods of use of cranberry seed oil in applications designed to “treat” or “prevent” cancer and a host of other disease.
Enzymotec says it has obtained approval from the Japanese patent office for a new method of producing lyso-phospholipids that will allow the group to extend its presence in the segment.
The increasing sophistication of the Chinese economy is reflected
in a massive increase in Chinese patent activity, including
applications and approvals in the nutrition and wellness area.
A composition and matter patent granted to Canadian supplier
Neptune Technologies & Bioresources for its omega-3 and
antioxidants boosted krill-based ingredients last year has been
validated by the European Patent Office.
Canadian R&D company Burcon has been granted a new US patent on
its process for producing flax protein isolates - an innovation
said to result in a higher protein yield and improved product.
The patent community breathed a collective sigh of relief on
October 31 when the US District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia granted a preliminary injunction blocking the US Patent
Office's Claims and Continuations...
Another patent infringement case has been settled between two
nutraceutical ingredient companies - this time involving Nutratech
and Syntech International over the use of citrus aurantium
extract.
Patent protection can be an effective tool for excluding
competitors and generating revenues, if used wisely and married to
a company's business strategy.
Sabinsa Corporation announced it has secured a patent in Canada for
its standardized black pepper extract Bioperine, thereby giving the
company proprietary rights to the ingredient throughout North
America.
Kemin Health has filed a patent infringement suit against
OmniActive Health Technologies for methods pertaining to the
isolation and purification of lutein and lutein compositions.
Sabinsa has secured a Japanese patent for its standardized black
pepper extract Bioperine, giving it a strong platform for the sale
of the bioavailability-enhancing ingredient in that huge market.
Several recent Supreme Court decisions relative to patent issues
have generated media attention and will have implications
for nutraceutical companies seeking to protect their technologies.
An inquiry is under way, it has emerged, in yet another patent
infringement case for the dietary supplement industry. This time
the two parties battling it out are Nutratech and Syntech SSPF
International, over the use of patented...
Burcon NutraScience Corporation has been granted two US patents for
novel uses of its Supertein canola protein as a functional
component in food compositions, bringing the number of patents it
holds for the ingredient up to seven.
The most successful nutraceutical companies operate in a global
economy and protect their intellectual property in many different
countries. While the Internet makes it easy to communicate
seamlessly across national borders, these...
Sabinsa Corporation anticipates an increase in the price of its
patented BioPerine following a spike in the price of black pepper,
from which the ingredient is extracted.
A can system developed by Ball Packaging Europe to protect
sensitive ingredients for use in beverages has found its first use
in Europe in a German creatine drink, and could help spur
development of new sports and wellness products.
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may soon implement
procedural changes that are likely to create added pressure on IP
budgets and internal resources beginning in 2007. Is your company
prepared?
The US Patent and Trademark Office has completed a formal review of
Sabinsa Corporation'spatent for black pepper extract, BioPerine,
and has found the intellectual property to be valid.
Sabinsa Corporation has said it is taking legal action against DNP
International for allegedly infringing patents protecting the use
of its BioPerine and Forslean extracts.
With growing competition in the nutraceuticals field, companies
understand that their patents can be an invaluable tool for
maintaining their competitive edge.
Indiana-based Verdure Sciences has acquired Geni Herb's branded
botanical ingredients - including Pomella - an announcement that
follows on the heels of a change of distributor for Geni recently.
The nutraceuticals industry has a dynamic technology landscape
where a product life cycle may be abbreviated. Amid the constant
pressure to drive new products to market and the struggle to
establish and maintain market share, engaging...
CNS, the Breathe Right company, has announced its takeover of a
portfolio of domestic and international patents related to
FiberChoice as it begins to grow the successful brand.
UK-based ReGen Therapeutics has been granted a US patent on its
peptide nutraceutical Colostrinin, which it is planning to
introduce in the North American market as a dietary supplement for
cognitive health.
EuroPharma continues to outsource its sales and marketing
operations in order to focus on R&D with the signing of a new
licensing and distribution agreement for its existing IP and
products with Blue Spring Wellness, reports Jess...
Bausch & Lomb has come to a cross licensing settlement with
Alcon over the latter's infringement of its patented eye health
supplement formulation, Ocuvite PreserVision.
The granting of a new US patent to Japan's Taiyo Kagaku for the use
of pure form L-theanine brand Suntheanine with minerals to
alleviate PMS symptoms will increase its customers' competitive
advantage, says the company.
A challenge to Lipid Nutrition's patent on the composition of its
conjugated linoleic acid has been removed after the European Patent
Office ruled that all claims should remain as granted four years
ago.
Galaxy Nutritional Foods, a producer of plant-based dairy
alternatives has reached an out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit
filed by Schreiber Foods against Galaxy, which alleged various acts
of patent infringement.
Nutritional ingredients supplier Health Sciences Group has received
approval for a US patent covering the composition and method for
treating the effects of colds, paving the firm's entry into the $27
billion flu and cold market.
Clearing the final hurdle for a new patent, nutraceutical company
NutraCea could soon be marketing its stabilised rice bran
derivatives on the back of claims to beat cardiovascular disease.
The path to growth for health ingredients and supplement suppliers
will be paved with innnovation. A new agreement in the US sees
water specialists Tropical Beverage taking on board the
manufacturing rights for innovative clustered...
Cognis Nutrition & Health, a nutritional ingredients supplier,
has responded to claims made earlier this week by Dutch rival
Loders Croklaan regarding the infringement of several of its
patents.
Lonza, the Swiss-based pharmaceuticals company, has said that the
US Food and Drug Administration has allowed the sale of PepZin GI,
the subject of a new dietary ingredient submission to the federal
agency.
US research and development company Burcon NutraScience has closed
the final tranche of its private placement of 1,8million units,
raising gross proceeds of $3.33 million (€3.53m) to be used in
engineering development and speeding...
Norwegian functional foods company Nutri Pharma ASA announced
recently the filing in the European Patent Office (EPO) of an
opposition to its granted European patent, Nutri Pharma's
proprietary technology for combining soy proteins,...
The Ecologist group Greenpeace condemned the granting of a European
patent for a genetic tweak that can make salmon grow eight times
larger than normal.
