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Thank you for reading the January 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss an ongoing trademark dispute between the band OK Go and cereal company Post, how to stay vigilant about...more
On September 27, 2022, Judge Richard Andrews of the District of Delaware granted Novartis’s motion to dismiss declaratory judgment (“DJ”) counterclaims raised by two generic drug manufacturers in the ongoing litigation...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s finding of noninfringement in a Hatch-Waxman case under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2) and § 271(a)-(b). The Court found that the alleged infringer’s...more
For the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court’s TC Heartland decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of venue specific to Hatch-Waxman litigation, pursuant to which branded...more
BECAUSE PLAINTIFFS FAILED TO SHOW SPECIFICALLY HOW DEFENDANTS COMMITTED ANY ACT OF INFRINGEMENT IN NEW JERSEY—PARTICULARLY BY FILING AN ANDA IN WEST VIRGINIA WITH THE FDA IN MARYLAND—OR THAT ANY FUTURE, INTENDED ACTS WERE A...more
A Post-URAA Patent that Issues After but Expires Before a Related Pre-URAA Patent Is Not a Double-Patenting Reference Against the Pre-URAA Patent - In Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc.,...more
A Complaint Identifying Infringing Products and the Patents Allegedly Infringed, Accompanied by Statements that the Products Meet All Elements of at Least One Claim of the Asserted Patents, May be Sufficient to Meet the...more
Federal Circuit Summary - Before NEWMAN, DYK, and STOLL. Appeal from the Northern District of California. Summary: A consumer of a patented product has no standing under the Declaratory Judgment Act to challenge the...more
Federal Circuit Summary - Before Wallach, O’Malley, and Schall. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: PGR petitioner has standing to appeal PTAB decision, where petitioner intended to file an ANDA for...more
Nalco Company v. Chem-Mod, LLC (No. 2017-1036, 2/27/18) (Moore, Schall, O'Malley) - O'Malley, J. Reversing district court's dismissal of patent claims for failure to state a claim. The district court's dismissal of direct...more
Finding no case or controversy, the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted Intervenor-Defendant Barr’s motion to dismiss Apotex’s declaratory judgment action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction....more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Horizon Therapeutics, Inc. v. Lupin Ltd. et al. 1:16-cv-04438; filed July 21, 2016 in the District Court of New Jersey -...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Orexo AB et al. v. Actavis Elizabeth LLC et al. 1:16-cv-00397; filed May 27, 2016 in the District Court of Delaware - ...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc. 3:16-cv-02703; filed May 18, 2016 in the Northern District of California. ...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. 1:15-cv-00806; filed September 11, 2015 in the District Court...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Sage Labs Inc. v. Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals Inc. 1:15-cv-00791; filed September 9, 2015 in the District Court of...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. et al. v. Med-Pharmex, Inc. 3:15-cv-01905; filed August 28, 2015 in the Southern District of...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Savior Lifetec Corp. 5:15-cv-00415; filed August 21, 2015 in the Eastern District of North...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Janssen Biotech Inc. et al. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc. et al. 1:15-cv-00679; filed August 3, 2015 in the District Court of...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Mylan Pharma Acquisition Ltd. et al. v Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 1:15-cv-06700; filed July 30, 2015 in the Northern District...more
About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Hetero Labs Ltd, Unit V et al. v. Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. LLC 1:15-cv-05396; filed June 18, 2015 in the Northern District...more
Addressing the issue of subject matter jurisdiction in Hatch-Waxman litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal for lack of case or controversy of an action seeking...more
Can a Federal district court ever have subject-matter jurisdiction to hear a declaratory judgment action of non-infringement for a disclaimed patent? Of course, the Federal Circuit explained this week in the Apotex Inc. v....more