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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Induced Infringement

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit: Reverses Motion to Dismiss—Generic Manufacturer’s Label Combined with its Expansive Public Statements Plausibly...

The Federal Circuit reversed a decision from the District of Delaware dismissing a case for failing to plead induced infringement because the totality of the evidence raised fact questions that could not be resolved on a...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 15th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics - June 20th - 21st, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics returns to New York City, on June 20 - 21, 2024. Now in its 15th year, the 2024 conference will dive deep into the latest legal,...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Pending, non-final litigation or IPR decision does not negate intent to infringe that is otherwise...

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION v. LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [OPINION] (22-2217, 7/24/23) (Lourie, Dyk, and Stoll) - Lourie, J. The Court affirmed the district...more

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SCOTUS denies cert in skinny label appeal from the Federal Circuit

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On May 15, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States denied Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.’s (“Teva”) petition for certiorari in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, ending a nearly nine-year court...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 18th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes - April 19th - 20th, New York, NY

Hosted by ACI, 18th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Conference returns to New York City for another exciting year with curated programming that not only addresses the hot topics, but also puts them within the context of pre-suit...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Salix Pharms., Ltd. v. Norwich Pharms., Inc. Xifaxan® (Rifaximin)

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Case Name: Salix Pharms., Ltd. v. Norwich Pharms., Inc., C.A. No. 20-cv-430-RGA, 2022 WL 3225381 (D. Del. Aug. 10, 2022) (Andrews, J.) Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Xifaxan® (rifaximin); U.S. Patents Nos. 7,612,199...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 17th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Conference - April 26th - 27th, New York City, NY

Premier forum which shapes the law, policy, and proceedings of Paragraph IV Litigation is back to New York City on April 26-27! Pharmaceutical patent practitioners from across the globe attend this flagship conference to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Federal Circuit Divided on Whether Skinny Labeling Compliance Precludes Inducement or Supports Equitable Estoppel

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a generic drug manufacturer’s petition for en banc review of a panel opinion finding induced infringement liability despite the manufacturer’s adherence to skinny...more

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Federal Circuit affirms GSK labeling carve-out ruling in favor of innovator

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Earlier this month, in GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed (2-1) upon rehearing its October 2020 decision that a labeling...more

Proskauer - Life Sciences

GSK v. Teva: Federal Circuit Issues New Opinion Analyzing Induced Infringement

On August 5, 2021, the Federal Circuit withdrew its October 2020 opinion in GSK v. Teva, summarized in this post on induced infringement of method-of-treatment claims, and issued an opinion that reiterated the prior holding...more

Cooley LLP

Alert - GSK v. Teva: Federal Circuit Opinion After Rehearing Confirms Induced Infringement Liability Despite Skinny Label

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In October 2020, as reported in a previous Cooley alert, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinstated a jury’s verdict that Teva infringed GSK’s patented method of using its Coreg drug product, even though...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA (Fed. Cir. 2021)

Most judicial outcomes, particularly on appeal, are broadly based on varying combinations of process and outcome. The law is replete with process-based decisions (standing, jurisdiction, waiver, to name a few) and of course...more

Locke Lord LLP

Federal Circuit Places “Skinny Labels” Back in Danger

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On October 2, 2020, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion vacating a district court’s judgment as a matter of law and reinstating a jury verdict finding of induced infringement of a patented use that had been...more

Proskauer - Life Sciences

Induced Infringement of Method of Treatment Claims: Looking to the Label and Beyond

Reference product sponsors often obtain patents claiming methods of using a known drug to treat a condition or disease. Because generic and biosimilar developers typically do not treat patients, and thus do not directly...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Federal Circuit Panel Rehears Skinny Label Case (GSK v. Teva)

On February 23, 2021, a Federal Circuit panel of Chief Judge Prost, Judge Newman, and Judge Moore reheard oral argument in GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. As discussed in our previous post, on February 9, 2021,...more

Locke Lord LLP

Federal Circuit Hints at Reversed Course on “Skinny Labels”

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On October 2, 2020, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion vacating a district court’s judgment as a matter of law and reinstating a jury verdict finding of induced infringement of a patented use that had been...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Federal Circuit Decision Raises Concern over Whether Skinny Labels are Sufficient to Avoid Induced Infringement

The Federal Circuit recently held in a 2-1 decision that there was substantial evidence supporting a jury finding that Teva was liable for induced infringement for an indication carved out of its skinny label for its generic...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Patent Prosecution Tool Kit: Patenting the Product Label

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves a new drug, it also approves a package insert of the drug, known as a “product label.” A pharmaceutical company marketing a generic product is required to package their...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Teva’s Skinny Label Found Not to Induce Infringement by Off-Label Use

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The US District Court for the District of Delaware granted in part Teva Pharmaceuticals’ renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL), finding that substantial evidence did not support the jury’s finding of induced...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

In an ANDA applicant’s appeal from a bench trial judgment of validity and infringement, the Court affirmed the district court’s judgment on all counts. The case presented unusual procedural circumstances in a Hatch-Waxman...more

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Possibility of Non-Infringing Use Insufficient to Negate Intent to Encourage Infringement

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that inducement of infringement can be shown based on encouragement and inferred intent of infringing use from a drug label. Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC v. Watson Labs....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Takeda Pharms. U.S.A., Inc. v. West-ward Pharm. Corp.

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Case Name: Takeda Pharms. U.S.A., Inc. v. West-ward Pharm. Corp., Civ. No. 14-1268-SLR, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65317 (D. Del. May 18, 2016) (Robinson, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Colcrys® (colchicine); U.S....more

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The Promise And Pitfalls Of 3D Printing

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3D printing offers great promise for innovation and manufacturing, but this tool has expanded the scope of patented products that can be easily and cheaply copied, and may make it harder to identify and prosecute infringers....more

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Supplier to ANDA Filer Is Not Liable for Induced Infringement Until After ANDA Approval - Shire LLC v. Amneal Pharms., LLC

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Addressing the scope of the safe harbor provision of § 271(e)(1), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the district court, holding that supplying an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) to the filer of...more

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