Beginning in November 2024, Merck Sharp & Dohme, LLC (“Merck”) requested post-grant review (“PGR”) of 14 patents owned by Halozyme, Inc. (“Halozyme”), with claims directed to modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides,...more
10/27/2025
/ Biologics ,
Enablement Inquiries ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Merck ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Written Descriptions
On October 1, 2025, the PTAB granted Amgen’s request for adverse judgment based on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (“BMS”) statutory disclaimer of all challenged claims prior to institution of trial....more
10/27/2025
/ Amgen ,
Biosimilars ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb ,
Disclaimers ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Statutory Disclaimers ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
USPTO
On September 18, 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued a Final Written Decision (“FWD”) in Merck’s IPR2024-00625 against The Johns Hopkins University’s (“JHU”) U.S. Patent No. 11,339,219 B2 (“the ’219...more
Beginning in November 2024, Merck Sharp & Dohme, LLC (“Merck”) requested post-grant review (“PGR”) of 14 patents owned by Halozyme, Inc. (“Halozyme”), with claims directed to modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides,...more
Pegfilgrastim Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
8/13/2025
/ Amgen ,
Biosimilars ,
Coherus ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Sandoz
Tocilizumab Challenged Claim Types in IPRs: Claims are counted in each IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple IPRs are counted more than once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they...more
8/13/2025
/ Biologics ,
Celltrion ,
Fresenius ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Section 102 ,
Section 103
Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
8/13/2025
/ Amgen ,
Biologics ,
Biosimilars ,
Coherus ,
Hoffman LaRoche ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Sandoz
Insulin Glargine Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
8/12/2025
/ Biosimilars ,
Eli Lilly ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Merck ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Sanofi
Adalimumab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
8/12/2025
/ AbbVie ,
Amgen ,
Biosimilars ,
Boehringer ,
Coherus ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prescription Drugs
On July 14, 2025, Fresenius Kabi filed IPR2025-01268 against Regeneron’s U.S. Patent No. 11,084,865 (“the ’865 patent”) and IPR2025-01269 against U.S. Patent No. 10,828,345 (“the ’345 patent”), both relating to EYLEA®...more
8/4/2025
/ Biologics ,
Biosimilars ,
BPCIA ,
Fresenius ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Regeneron
On July 24, 2025, the PTO Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart discretionarily denied Amgen’s IPR2025-00601 and IPR2025-00602 challenging Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (“BMS”) U.S. Patent Nos. 9,856,320 (“the ’320 patent”) and...more
8/1/2025
/ Amgen ,
Biosimilars ,
BPCIA ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb ,
Denial of Institution ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
USPTO
Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
Tocilizumab Challenged Claim Types in IPRs: Claims are counted in each IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple IPRs are counted more than once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they...more
Trastuzumab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
On June 9, 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued a Final Written Decision (“FWD”) in Merck’s IPR2024-00240 against The Johns Hopkins University’s (“JHU”) U.S. Patent No. 11,591,393 (“the ’393 patent”),...more
7/3/2025
/ Claim Construction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Johns Hopkins ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
On June 2, 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued decisions denying institution of Samsung Bioepis’s IPR2025-00176 and Formycon’s IPR2025-00233 against claims 1–12, 14–17, 19, 20, 22–36, 39–42, 44, 45, and...more
On May 16, 2025, the Court in Case No. 1:21-cv-01478 (D. Del.) granted bluebird bio’s motion for summary judgment, finding that its gene therapy Zynteglo® (betibeglogene autotemcel) does not infringe San Rocco Therapeutics‘...more
6/9/2025
/ Appeals ,
Biotechnology ,
Claim Construction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Summary Judgment
On May 22, 2025, the CAFC affirmed the PTAB’s (Board) Final Written Decisions in Pfizer’s IPR2021-00925 and IPR2021-00926 finding all challenged claims of uniQure’s U.S. Patent No. 9,982,248 (“the ’248 patent”) unpatentable...more
6/6/2025
/ Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Court of Federal Claims ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
Tocilizumab Challenged Claim Types in IPRs: Claims are counted in each IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple IPRs are counted more than once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they...more
5/13/2025
/ Biosimilars ,
Claim Construction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art
Tocilizumab Challenged Claim Types in IPRs: Claims are counted in each IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple IPRs are counted more than once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they...more
Rituximab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
Tocilizumab Challenged Claim Types in IPRs: Claims are counted in each IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple IPRs are counted more than once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they...more
Etanercept Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
Trastuzumab Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more
Pegfilgrastim Challenged Claim Types in IPR and Litigation: Claims include those challenged in litigations and IPRs. Claims are counted in each litigation and IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple...more