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Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Calculating Patent Term Extension for FDA Delay: Original Patent or Reissue Patent Issue Date?

The Federal Circuit appeal in Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V., Merck Sharp & Dohme, LLC v. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. et al., concerns whether patent term extension (PTE) for regulatory delay, in particular delay for FDA drug...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Long-Felt Need Not Felt Long Enough to Overcome Obviousness

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a finding that patents covering Narcan, a naloxone-based intranasal opioid overdose treatment, were obvious despite evidence of long-felt need. Adapt Pharma Operations...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Pennsylvania Medical Device Strict Liability Claims: Relentless Repetition, Clamoring for Review

A Pennsylvania federal court has again asked that the state’s Supreme Court clarify whether, and to what extent, medical device manufacturers are immune from strict liability claims by virtue of the “unavoidably unsafe...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2020

GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1976, -2023 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2020) - Our Case of the Week focuses on the question of induced infringement, and particularly induced infringement in...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Federal Circuit Holds That Claims of a Patent Asserted During a Patent Term Extension Are Not Infringed by the Carboxylic Acid...

Recently, the Federal Circuit issued its holding in a case dealing with asserting claims of an extended patent covering administration of dimethyl fumarate formulations to treat multiple sclerosis (MS). Dimethyl fumarate...more

Perkins Coie

Ninth Circuit Rejects Securities Fraud Thesis That Did Not “Make a Whole Lot of Sense”

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In its June 10, 2020, opinion in Nguyen v. Endologix, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit applied the plausibility standard to a plaintiff’s securities fraud claims and affirmed the district court’s dismissal,...more

Knobbe Martens

Drug Treatment May Be Obvious Even When FDA Is Unconvinced It Is Safe and Effective

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PERSION PHARMACEUTICALS LLC v. ALVOGEN MALTA OPERATIONS LTD. Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Chen.  Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary:  The FDA’s acceptance of safety data for a...more

Knobbe Martens

Safe Harbor Defense Under 35 U.S.C. §271(e)(1) Requires That the Accused Activity Is Solely for Uses Reasonably Related to...

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AMGEN INC. v. HOSPIRA, INC. Before Moore, Bryson, and Chen.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: Biological engineering activity that would otherwise constitute patent...more

Smart & Biggar

Rx IP Update - February 2019

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Orders of prohibition relating to polymorphic form patent for PRISTIQ upheld on appeal - As previously reported, the Federal Court, in a pair of decisions, granted orders prohibiting Apotex and Teva from marketing their...more

McDermott Will & Emery

ANDA Applicant Has Standing to Appeal IPR Decision, Even with Only Paragraph III Certification

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that a failed inter partes review (IPR) petitioner that maintained a Paragraph III certification had sufficient standing to appeal an adverse decision, but affirmed the...more

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Endo Pharmaceuticals Solutions v. Custopharm Inc.

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Moore, Linn, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: A prior art reference does not inherently disclose the elements of a claim...more

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FDA proposes streamlining combination product regulations

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On May 15, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed amending its product classification rules for combination products, found in 21 CFR Part 3. Generally, the proposed rule purports to clarify language in the...more

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Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Paragon Bioteck, Inc.

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Wallach, O’Malley, and Schall. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: PGR petitioner has standing to appeal PTAB decision, where petitioner intended to file an ANDA for...more

Smart & Biggar

Rx IP Update - January 2018

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Apotex granted damages from contract research organization for delayed FDA approval of two products - Appeal of summary dismissal under PMNOC Regulations: dismissal order stayed...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

When Speaking to Investors, Mix Facts with Predictions at Your Peril

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 protects “forward-looking statements”—that is, predictions about the future, at least when they are accompanied by “meaningful cautionary statements” that could cause the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Circuit Provides More Guidance On Biosimilar Patent Litigation

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In Amgen Inc. v. Hospira, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that Amgen could not obtain discovery related to activities that might infringe a patent that it had not asserted in its biosimilar patent litigation against Hospira....more

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Federal Circuit Thoroughly Reverses District Court Findings of Velcade® Patent Obviousness

On July 17, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed, in a precedential opinion in Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., No. 2015-2066 (Fed. Cir. July 17, 2017), a district court...more

Snell & Wilmer

Supreme Court Permits Biosimilar Drugs to Be Marketed Sooner

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On June 12, 2017, in Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that a drug manufacturer may give a required 180-day notice of its intent to market a biosimilar drug before receiving FDA...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit

In Mylan v. Aurobindo the Circuit affirms the grant of a preliminary injunction based upon the infringement of one of the three patents in suit. However, the panel reverses the injunction as to the other two patents based on...more

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Federal Circuit Holds Objective Indicia Must Be Linked to Novel Features

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In Novartis AG v. Torrent Pharms. Ltd. (2016-1352), the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s decision in consolidated IPR proceedings (IPR2014-00784, IPR2015-00518) invalidating all claims of U.S. Patent 8,324,283. In doing...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Updates - July 2016 #2

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WBIP, LLC v. Kohler Co. (No. 2015-1038, -1044, 7/19/16) (Moore, O'Malley, Chen) - Moore, J. Affirming denial of JMOL that patent was invalid as obvious and lacked an adequate written description, affirming finding of...more

Morgan Lewis

Apotex—Biosimilars Must Provide 180-Day Marketing Notice after FDA Approval

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Apotex—Biosimilars Must Provide 180-Day Marketing Notice after FDA Approval July 06, 2016 According to the Federal Circuit, post-licensure notice 180 days before commercial marketing is mandatory for biosimilars....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Sham Citizen Petition Claim, Summary Judgment on False Advertising Claims **WEB ONLY**

Addressing Sherman Act and Lanham Act claims arising out of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA), the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the district court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ Sherman Act claim...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The Medicines Company v. Hospira (Fed. Cir. 2015)

There have been many voices raised in recent years against the patent system for a variety of political, policy, or personal reasons. Indeed, there is even a book entitled Don't File a Patent that sets out the authors'...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Federal Circuit Oral Arguments in Amgen v. Sandoz

On June 3, the parties in Amgen v. Sandoz presented oral arguments to the Federal Circuit as part of their dispute over the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA). The appeal is focused on two questions:...more

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