Addressing the patentability of method-of-treatment claims, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued two decision finding such claims patent eligible. Natural Alternatives Int’l, Inc. v. Creative Compounds, LLC,...more
4/25/2019
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Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Method Claims ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Section 101 ,
Treatment Method Patents
On-Sale Bar Is No Bar for Selling Manufacturing Services to the Inventor -
Addressing what constitutes an invalidating “sale” under § 102(b), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sitting en banc affirmed the...more
11/4/2016
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Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Direct Infringement ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
HIV ,
Indirect Infringement ,
Inventors ,
Manufacturers ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Product Hopping ,
Reverse Payments ,
Sherman Act
180-Day Notice Period for Biosimilar Approval Is Always Mandatory and Enforceable by Injunction -
Amgen Inc., v. Apotex Inc., (Fed. Cir. July 5, 2016) -
A year after analyzing the patent dance and notice...more
7/19/2016
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Actavis Inc. ,
Amgen ,
Assignments ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Biosimilars ,
BPCIA ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hospira ,
Litigation Privilege ,
Merck ,
Method Claims ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Dance ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Product Exclusivity ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
Sandoz v Amgen ,
Summary Judgment ,
Unclean Hands ,
Work-Product Doctrine