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A patent dispute between Teva Pharmaceuticals and Bristol Myers Squibb, over a blood thinning drug, is playing out in the Irish courts.

A referendum on Ireland fully joining the EU’s Unified Patent Court was pulled last year. The new coalition has made no commitment to rescheduling the vote.

Peter Cunnane is an engineer, inventor and businessman. The Mayo man behind farm machinery manufacturer Cashels claims a rival business has infringed his patented bale cutter. The dispute has wound up in the Commercial Court.

Listed companies Cinemark, Regal, and AMC are cinema chain operators with billion dollar revenues. They are accused of knocking off digital technology patents in a US case with an Irish connection.