Understanding the Impact of IPR Estoppel and PTAB Discretionary Denials — Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
Navigating PTAB’s New Approach to IPR and PGR Discretionary Denial - Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
4 Key Takeaways | Updates in Standard Essential Patent Licensing and Litigation
Behaving Badly: OpenSky v. VLSI and Sanctions at the PTAB — Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
Scott McKeown Discusses PTAB Trends and Growth of Wolf Greenfield’s Washington, DC Office
USPTO Director Review — Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
The Briefing: Failure to Disclose Relationship with Real Party in Interest Results in Serious Sanctions
Podcast: The Briefing - Failure to Disclose Relationship with Real Party in Interest Results in Serious Sanctions
Disputing Patent-Eligible Subject Matter in PGRs and IPRs - Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
Reexamination in IPR and PGR Practice – Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
Reissue in IPR and PGR Practice – Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
3 Key Takeaways | Third party Prior Art Submissions at USPTO
Discretionary Denials at the PTAB: What to Expect? - Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
Motions to Amend: PTO Pilot Program Extended - Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
Drilling Down: Real Parties in Interest and Time Bars - Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
JONES DAY TALKS®: Supreme Court Rules on Constitutionality of Administrative Patent Judges
IPR Institution and Early Intervention - Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
Jones Day Talks®: Patent Litigation, PTAB, Iancu's Legacy, and Institution Discretion
[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Andrei Iancu
Nota Bene Episode 99: Unpacking the Pendulum of American Patent Policy Then, Now, and Forward with Rob Masters
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 February 12, 2024, Chugai, Genentech, and Hoffmann-La Roche (Roche) filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss CAFC Appeals 24-1111 and 24-1115, appealing the Final Written Decisions (FWDs) in IPR2022-00578 and IPR2022-00579,...more
The new year has brought a wave of activity for EYLEA® (aflibercept) biosimilars. Following up on our previous report (EYLEA® (aflibercept) and Soliris® (eculizumab) IPR and BPCIA Litigation Updates, December 31, 2023), in...more
As we settle into 2024, we reflect on the significant legal developments of 2023 that hold potential impact on the biologics and biosimilars market. The following is a recap of some of the top five legal decisions and...more
In the last month, there has been a flurry of activity at the PTAB related to challenges from biosimilar manufacturers related to ustekinumab, aflibercept, and eculizumab patents....more
We are excited to announce Venable’s inaugural Life Sciences Webinar Series. This month-long series will explore the intricacies and latest developments that shape the life sciences industry. Join us as we hear from our...more
On August 18, Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. (“Samsung Bioepis”), filed a petition for Inter Partes Review, IPR2023-01312, challenging the validity of claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent No. 10,464,992, assigned to Regeneron...more
We previously reported on the opening post-trial briefs in Regeneron’s BPCIA case against Mylan and Biocon (who was added as a defendant after the original defendant, Mylan, transferred its rights to the aflibercept...more
Biologics have become the fastest-growing class of therapeutic compounds. They have provided innovative treatment alternatives for people who suffer from some of the most serious medical conditions known to man. The...more
Welcome to our quarterly update relating to biologics and biosimilars, including post-grant and patent litigation challenges to blockbuster biologics. Since the enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation...more
On November 9, 2022, the PTAB issued final written decisions in IPR2021-00880 and IPR2021-00881, filed by Mylan on two Regeneron patents related to aflibercept—U.S. Patent Nos. 9,254,338 and 9,669,069. The PTAB ruled in...more
This June, join the “who’s who” of the biosimilars and innovator biologics industries as they gather in Boston for ACI’s 13th Annual Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics....more
Last week, the PTAB instituted inter partes review of two Chugai patents directed to methods of treating rheumatoid arthritis with a combination of tocilizumab and methotrexate. Fresenius filed petitions for inter partes...more
Here are our picks of some legal developments to keep an eye out for in the new year: Federal Circuit Decisions on Bevacizumab and Trastuzumab Preliminary Injunctions: Appeals are pending on the District of Delaware’s...more
Here are our picks of some legal developments to keep an eye out for in the new year: 1. Etanercept biosimilar trial decision – This past September, in the Immunex v. Sandoz BPCIA patent litigation concerning Sandoz’s...more
Below is a summary of recent updates in biosimilar-related proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office...more
This month, we highlight significant developments from July 2018, including the FDA’s Biosimilar Action Plan for “reducing gaming of FDA requirements or other attempts to unfairly delay competition” and the much anticipated...more
Below is an update on recent developments in several litigations involving biosimilar products. Amgen v. Sandoz (filgrastim, pegfilgrastim): As we previously reported, the district court granted summary judgment of...more
As we noted in this article on PTAB Trial Insights, Senator Hatch (R-UT) has introduced the Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act, which is intended to restore the brand-generic balance many say has been skewed by Inter Partes Review...more
Generics and biosimilar makers have increasingly used inter partes reviews (“IPRs”), proceedings made possible by the America Invents Act, to challenge patents protecting innovator small-molecule drugs and biologic medicines....more
This month, we highlight several significant cases, including the Supreme Court’s decisions in Oil States and SAS, and the Federal Circuit’s decisions in Vanda Pharmaceuticals and Gilead v. Merck....more
2017 was an eventful year for biosimilars in the U.S. As the number of biosimilar filings increased, important legal and regulatory decisions changed the strategic landscape of the biosimilars market for both innovators and...more
On November 17, 2017, Genentech filed suit against Pfizer in the District of Delaware, alleging that Pfizer’s biosimilar of Herceptin® infringes forty Genentech patents covering Herceptin® and its methods of use and...more
I’ve written previously about sequential PTAB challenges to the same patent, but the dispute between Coherus Biosciences Inc. and AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd. has engendered six Inter Partes Review proceedings against the same...more
U.S. Patent Practice – the PTAB, Federal Courts, and Patent Eligibility - The 2016 BIO International Convention has already begun in San Francisco, but most of the sessions and forums get underway beginning on Tuesday,...more