On April 13, 2018, in a split decision, the Federal Circuit held that Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s method of treatment claims are directed to patent-eligible subject matter under step one of the Mayo two-step test. Vanda...more
On February 23, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of United State Patent and Trademark Office (“the Board”) denied Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s (“the Tribe”) motion to terminate inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings...more
On February 9, 2018, the Federal Circuit affirmed the District of Delaware’s holding that Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (“Merck”) failed to meet its burden of proving that Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC’s (“Amneal”) ANDA product...more
On January 12, 2017, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s holding that, under Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc., 797 F.3d 1020, 1022 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (en banc), the acts of patients may be...more
1/26/2017
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Direct Infringement ,
Induced Infringement ,
Limelight v Akamai ,
Method Claims ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Patients ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Product Labels
Patent opinions are no longer necessary to avoid an inference at trial that the opinion would have been unfavorable, but, in view of the recent Supreme Court decisions in Halo and Octane Fitness they may be advisable upon...more
9/23/2016
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Damages ,
Enhanced Penalties ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Stryker Ortho ,
Treble Damages ,
Willful Infringement
On January 13, 2015, the Federal Circuit held that there is no violation of due process rights when the Patent Trials and Appeals Board (PTAB) panel that institutes an inter partes review (IPR) also renders the final decision...more
On November 16, 2015, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB, also the “Board”) inter partes review (“IPR”) decision holding that a prior art reference, though not identified as an...more
On October 2, 2015, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s holding (1) that a substantially pure compound would have been obvious when a lesser pure compound (“the 50/50 mixture”) and the pure compound were known in...more