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Federal Circuit Held Vanda’s Method of Treatment Claims Are “Application of Nature Law”—While Chief Judge Prost Dissented

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

No Inter Partes Review Sovereign Immunity For Restasis® Patents

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

Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on Evidence to Satisfy Burden of Proving Infringement in Hatch-Waxman Litigations

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

Direct Infringement Prong of 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) in a Hatch-Waxman Case May Be Satisfied When the Prescribing Physician Directs or...

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

Are Patent Opinions Again Necessary?

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

PTAB Panel that Institutes an IPR May Also Render Final Decision on the Merits in that IPR

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

Federal Circuit Sends Verinata Patent Back to PTAB – The Import of Background Prior Art In Supplying The Requisite Motivation To...

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

Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity and Non-Infringement of Patent for Compound Used to Ameliorate Effects of Cancer Treatment

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

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