In Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz, Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2018-2207, Aug. 29, 2019), the Federal Circuit held that “wherein” clauses in a patent claim were limitations because the “wherein” elements were material to patentability....more
In a patent infringement suit related to the generic version of the drug Combigan®, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that claims asserted by Allergan Sales, LLC, were not invalid but not infringed....more
Case Name: Allergan, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., Nos. 2016-1085, -1160, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4733 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 17, 2017) (Circuit Judges Reyna, Wallach, and Chen presiding; Opinion by Wallach, J.) (Appeal from M.D.N.C., Eagles,...more
Case Name: Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz, Inc., No. 12-cv-207-JRG, 15-cv-347-JRG, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135088 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2016) (Gilstrap, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Combigan® (brimonidine...more
Case Name: Allergan, Inc., v. Sandoz Inc., Civ. No. 2014-1275, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 13616 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 4, 2015) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Linn, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from E.D. Tex., Schneider,...more