Podcast: IP Life Sciences Landscape: Aiding Orange and Purple Book Patent Owners in Developing PTAB Survival Skills
On June 10, 2024, Judge Stanley R. Chesler of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the Amneal defendants’ motion for partial judgment on their counterclaims in a Hatch-Waxman dispute, and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has filed an amicus brief in Teva Branded Pharmaceuticals Products R&D, Inc. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York, LLC to further the agency’s efforts to promote and protect generic drug...more
Case Name: Vanda Pharms. Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2023-1247, 2023 WL 3335538 (Fed. Cir. May 10, 2023)(Circuit Judges Dyk, Bryson, and Prost presiding; Opinion by Dyk, J.) (Appeal from D. Del., Connolly, J.)....more
Today, the Supreme Court again disregarded the views of the Federal government regarding whether to grant certiorari, here in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, and in some ways the only positive outcome is that...more
The Supreme Court is expected to consider Teva’s pending petition for certiorari in the highly anticipated GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. on May 11, 2023, a case that could carry enormous implications for the...more
Case Name: Vanda Pharms. Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., Nos. 22-7528, 22-7529 (CCC), 2023 WL 1883357 (D.N.J. Feb. 10, 2023) (Cecchi, J.) - Drug Products and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Hetlioz® (tasimelteon); U.S. Patent No....more
After the Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to file a brief expressing the views of the United States regarding Teva Pharms USA, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, et al., the Solicitor General filed its brief amicus...more
On March 29, 2023, the Solicitor General of the United States asked the Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit judgment in a Hatch-Waxman case between Teva and GSK. In its decision below, the Federal Circuit held that Teva...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued AbbVie and Besins Healthcare, co-owners of a patent that covered brand AndroGel, in 2017. The FTC claimed that the manufacturers had brought “sham” patent infringement litigation in...more
Background - On August 5, 2021, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in GlaxoSmithKline v. Teva Pharmaceuticals, Case No. 18-1976, in favor of GSK, finding that Teva was liable for inducing infringement of GSK's patent....more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) of non-infringement where substantial evidence supported the jury’s verdict of induced infringement by...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has now vacated its prior ruling finding induced infringement based on so-called skinny labeling on a pharmaceutical product. GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA...more
Coreg® (carvedilol) - Case Name: GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2018-1976, -2023 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2020) (Circuit Judges Prost, Newman, and Moore presiding; Opinion by Newman, J.; Dissent by Prost, C.J.)...more
2020 has been referred to as an unprecedented year for the world in so many ways—the pandemic, the California and Washington fires, the racial justice protests and calls to action—but that didn’t stop the Federal Circuit from...more
Tirosint®/levothyroxine sodium - Case Name: IBSA Institut Biochimique, S.A. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2019-2400 (Fed. Cir. July 31, 2020) (Circuit Judges Prost, Reyna, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Prost, C.J.)...more
BECAUSE A SKILLED ARTISAN WOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THE LIMITATIONS OF ONE PRIOR-ART REFERENCE AND WOULD HAVE BEEN MOTIVATED TO SELECT THE TEACHINGS OF ANOTHER REFERENCE TO OVERCOME THEM, THE PATENTS-IN-SUIT WERE OBVIOUS. Case...more
Case Name: Galderma Labs., L.P. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2019-2396 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 29, 2020) (Circuit Judges Moore, O’Malley, and Stoll presiding; Opinion by O’Malley, J.) (Appeal from D. Del., Andrews, J.). ...more
THE ASSERTED CLAIMS OF 1% IVERMECTIN FORMULATION ARE INVALID ON THE BASIS OF ANTICIPATION IN LIGHT OF A PRIOR ART REFERENCE THAT TEACHES APPLICATION OF 1-5% IVERMECTIN FORMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF THE SAME INDICATION. Case...more
The Court Denied Defendant’s Motion To Enforce Its Settlement Agreement With Plaintiff After The At-risk Launch And Subsequent Settlement Of Another Defendant. ...more
September 21, 2019 was the second anniversary of the coming into force of the amended Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations) heralding significant changes to the landscape for pharmaceutical...more
Case Name: Teva Pharms. U.S.A., Inc. v. Azar, C.A. No. 18-2394 (RDM), 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30346 (D.D.C. Feb 26, 2019) (Moss, J.)....more
Case Name: Endo Pharms. Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., C.A. No. 17-1240, 1455, 1887, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 9189 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 28, 2019)....more
Case Name: Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 17-1229, 139 S. Ct. 628 (Jan. 22, 2019) (Thomas, J. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court), on cert. from the Federal Circuit, 855 F.3d 1356. ...more
Federal Circuit Finds Claims Directed to Tabbed Spreadsheets Patent Eligible and Claims Directed to Tracking Changes in Documents Ineligible Under Section 101 - In Data Engine Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, Appeal No....more
Case Name: Endo Pharms. Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., Fed. Cir. Nos. 2015-2021, -2022, -2023, -2024, -2025, -2026, -2028, -2031, -2033, -2034, -2035, -2041, -2042, -2046, -2047, -2049, -2059, -2060, 2016-1025, -1060, -1117,...more