On June 8-9, 2021, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) TRIPS Council will hold their first meeting in the wake of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announcing “the Biden-Harris Administration’s support for waiving...more
6/8/2021
/ Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Copyright ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Industrial Design ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Popular ,
Takings Clause ,
Trade Secrets ,
TRIPS Agreement ,
Tucker Act ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR ,
Vaccinations ,
Waivers ,
WTO
The Biological Product Patent Transparency Act (“BPPT”) – tucked into Congress’s omnibus spending bill (“Consolidated Appropriations Act,” H.R. 133, Pub. L. No. 116-260) signed into law on December 27, 2020 – is the...more
4/8/2021
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aBLA ,
Antitrust Violations ,
BPCIA ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Orange Book ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Purple Book ,
Transparency
Companies holding intellectual property in medical products used in the fight against COVID-19 should be aware of formal efforts by a group of nearly 60 developing countries, led by India and South Africa, to obtain a waiver...more
3/5/2021
/ Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diagnostic Tests ,
Foreign Investment ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Medical Devices ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Prescription Drugs ,
TRIPS Agreement ,
Vaccinations ,
Waivers ,
WTO
The Federal Circuit’s October 2020 split decision in GSK v. Teva made waves throughout the pharmaceutical industry and among Hatch-Waxman litigators. In the broadest reading, some see the majority opinion as rendering any...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s New Year’s eve opinion in Ball Metal v. Crown Packaging, though nonprecedential, raises important considerations for pharmaceutical and biologics patents – where patent...more
On March 13, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the D.C. District Court’s 2018 summary judgment ruling in favor of Eagle Pharmaceuticals and against the FDA, finding that (1) the Orphan Drug Act...more
On August 9, 2019, the Federal Circuit issued a public opinion in Genetic Veterinary Sciences, Inc. v. LABOKLIN GmbH & Co. KG, finding claims directed to methods for detecting a genetic marker for a canine hereditary disease...more
8/14/2019
/ Alice Corporation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diagnostic Method ,
Diagnostic Tests ,
DNA ,
Dogs ,
Genetic Materials ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents
On January 11, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion affirming the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) in an inter partes review proceeding (“IPR”) finding...more