The recent releases of highly effective, and highly priced, drugs to treat chronic diseases has bred a spate of efforts by activists to disenfranchise drug developers of their patent rights. One recent chapter is instructive,...more
5/24/2018
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Cartwright Act ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Market Manipulation ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Price Manipulation ,
Sherman Act ,
Standing ,
Venue
Recent years have seen a wave of efforts to control frivolous patent-infringement lawsuits perpetrated by so-called patent trolls. These started with the America Invents Act of 2011 and have been followed by the Patent Law...more
If you are like thousands of small American businesses, you might have received a dubious “cease and desist” letter during recent months from an LLC with an odd name. The LLC’s name has six letters, the first and fourth of...more