Adrenalin® (epinephrine injection) - Case Name: Par Pharm., Inc. v. Hospira, Inc., No. 2020-1273, 2020 WL 6846347 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 23, 2020) (Circuit Judges Dyk, Taranto, and Stoll presiding; Opinion by Taranto, J.)...more
Case Name: Ferring Pharms. Inc. v. Par Pharm., Inc., Civ. No. 1:15-cv-173-RGA, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106491 (D. Del. July 11, 2017) (Andrews, J.). Drug Product and U.S. Patent: Prepopik® (sodium picosulfate, magnesium...more
Case Name: Par Pharm., Inc. v. Luitpold Pharms., Inc., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62020 (D.N.J. Apr. 24 2017) (Walls, J.)....more
Case Name: Par Pharm., Inc. v. Luitpold Pharms., Inc., No. 16-2290 (WHW)(CLW), 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15050 (D.N.J. Feb. 1, 2017) (Walls, J.). Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Adrenalin® (epinephrine); U.S. Patents...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Janssen Biotech Inc. et al. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc. et al. 1:15-cv-00679; filed August 3, 2015 in the District Court of...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Hetero Labs Ltd, Unit V et al. v. Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. LLC 1:15-cv-05396; filed June 18, 2015 in the Northern District...more
Robinson, J. Claim construction opinion issues regarding three disputed terms from four patents-in-suit. The court construes the following disputed terms...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al. v. Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. 1:15-cv-11294; filed March 26, 2015 in the District Court of...more
Addressing for the first time a request for covered business method (CBM) review by a generic drug maker facing an infringement suit under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO’s) Patent Trial and...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Shire LLC v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. et al. 1:15-cv-01454; filed February 25, 2015 in the District Court of...more
Case Name: Par Pharm., Inc. v. TWI Pharms., Inc., No. 2014-1391, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 22737 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 3, 2014) (Circuit Judges O’Malley, Wallach, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by O’Malley, J.) (appeal from D. Md.,...more
Vacating a district court’s obviousness determination, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit explained that the district court misapplied the law of inherency. Par Pharm., Inc. v. TWI Pharms., Inc., Case No....more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. et al. v. Roxane Laboratories Inc. 1:15-cv-00128; filed February 5, 2015 in the District...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. v. Apotex Inc. et al. 1:15-cv-00109; filed January 29, 2015 in the District Court of...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Tris Pharma Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc. et al. 1:15-cv-00068; filed January 21, 2015 in the District Court of...more
On January 13, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB" or "Board") denied institution of four covered business method ("CBM") patent review petitions filed by Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. ("Par"), Roxane Laboratories,...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Pfizer Inc. et al. v. Mylan Inc. et al. 1:15-cv-00026; filed January 8, 2015 in the District Court of Delaware. •...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. et al. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc. 1:14-cv-01494; filed December 18 2014 in the District...more
Federal Circuit Vacates Lower Court’s Obviousness Finding Based on Incorrect Application of Inherency Doctrine - In Par Pharmaceutical, the Federal Circuit vacated an obviousness ruling by the district court, finding...more
In Par Pharmaceutical Inc. v. Twi Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court decision holding the Par claims at issue obvious. The district court decision rested in part on the doctrine...more
That it is more difficult today to be a patentee able to defend her patent rights than any time since the 1940's is nicely illustrated by the Federal Circuit's decision in Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. TWI Pharmaceuticals,...more