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Recent Federal Circuit Decision Clarifies Blue & Gold Waiver Rule

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Protesters and other litigants before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims have long encountered the complexities of jurisdiction under the Tucker Act. The Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491, is the statute granting jurisdiction to the...more

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It Is Not Controversial: Factual and Legal Specificity Needed in Standing Dismissals

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MITEK SYS., INC. V. UNITED SERVS. AUTO. ASS’N - Before Dyk, Taranto, and Cunningham.  Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary:  Declaratory judgment plaintiffs must identify...more

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Litigation Update: AbbVie v. Alvotech hf (Adalimumab)

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We have previously reported on AbbVie’s first and second wave suits against Alvotech hf (Alvotech) in the Northern District of Illinois regarding an adalimumab biosimilar. In the first wave suit, on October 5, 2021 AbbVie...more

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‎Latest Federal Court Cases - August 2021 #2

Our Case of the Week this week is a re-write of our Case of the Week on October 5, 2020. The case involves a drug that could be used for multiple therapeutic purposes. A patent covered use of the product for a specific...more

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Action Seeking Judgment of Compliance with FRAND Obligations Survives Only Insofar as it Relates to U.S. Patent Rights

Optis Wireless Technology, LLC filed a declaratory judgment action in the Eastern District of Texas seeking judgment that it complied with its fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) obligations when it offered a...more

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Delaware District Dismisses BPCIA "Private Right" Claim; Says Controversy not Sufficiently Immediate

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In a recent decision involving the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA") (Genentech, Inc. and City of Hope v. Amgen Inc.) the Delaware District Court dismissed a claim seeking to enforce a statement of...more

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Sued Customers Insufficient to Prove a Supplier’s Actual Case or Controversy Against Patentee

In an interesting order issued recently in BroadSign International, LLC v. T-Rex Property AB, Judge Swain of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the Plaintiff’s declaratory judgment of...more

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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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Future and Unreleased Products Can’t Drive Litigation

In a recent decision out of the District of Massachusetts, Judge Talwani provided litigants with insights into patent subject matter jurisdiction in declaratory judgment actions. Here the patent owner, US Carburetion, had...more

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Patent Claims Are Dismissed Due To Covenant Not To Sue

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The disputed claims relate to a design patent for an ornamental four-post design of a golf tee. Plaintiff brought this declaratory judgment action and defendant responded with a covenant not to sue. ...more

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Declaratory Judgment Action Is Dismissed For Lack Of Subject Matter Jurisdiction

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Robinson, J. Defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is granted. This is a declaratory judgment action. Defendant has asserted infringement against various customers of plaintiff on their...more

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Magistrate Recommends Certain Declaratory Judgment Claims Of Non-Infringement Be Dismissed With Leave To Amend

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Burke, M.J. Magistrate issues a Report and Recommendation, recommending that defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction be granted in part and denied in part. Oral argument was heard on November 20,...more

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