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3. Obama signs a sweeping patent reform law
President Barack Obama signed the America Invents Act last week, shifting the U.S. patent system from first-to-invent to first-to-file, the biggest change to the way inventions are credited in decades.
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2. Wright Medical puts a new man in charge
Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) moved Robert Palmisano into the corner office. The former ev3 Inc. big shot takes over as president & CEO amid Wright’s ongoing legal troubles over an alleged kickbacks scheme.
1. J&J’s non-compete pact drives the terms of Mahoney’s move to Boston Scientific
The terms of Michael Mahoney’s move from Johnson and Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) to president – and eventual CEO – at its Natick, Mass.-based rival, Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), were driven by a strict non-competition agreement between J&J and Mahoney.