EpiPen RICO Ruling Opens Door for Private AKS Enforcement
Case Name: Mylan Pharms. Inc. v. Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH, C.A. No. 23-556-RGA, 2024 WL 359468 (D. Del. Jan. 31, 2024) (Hatcher, M.J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Xarelto® (rivaroxaban); U.S. Patents Nos....more
Venue and Pleading Infringement in Hatch-Waxman Litigation Turn on Location and Identity of ANDA Filer - In Celgene Corp. v. Mylan Pharm. et al., Appeal No. 21-1154, the Federal Circuit held that in Hatch-Waxman...more
CELGENE CORP. v. MYLAN PHARM. et al. Before Prost, Chen, and Hughes. Appeal from the District of New Jersey. Summary: In Hatch-Waxman litigation: (1) infringement occurs where the ANDA is submitted and not where the...more
In Mylan, Inc. & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner, 156 T.C. No. 10 (April 27, 2021), the Tax Court held that legal expenses incurred by a manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical drugs for the preparation, assembly and transmittal...more
Jublia® (efinaconazole) - Case Name: Valeant Pharm. N. Am. LLC v. Mylan Pharm. Inc.,978 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 5, 2020)(Circuit Judges Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto presiding; Opinion by O’Malley, J.) (Appeal from D.N.J.,...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
On November 5, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Valeant Pharmaceuticals N. Am. LLC v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., No. 19-2402, resolved a split among district courts over what constitutes...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that in cases brought under the Hatch-Waxman Act, for purposes of determining venue, infringement occurs only in districts where actions related to the submission of an...more
Somewhat remarkably, there is no settled Federal Circuit precedent regarding where a patentee can bring suit against a generic competitor in Hatch-Waxman litigation under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2). While recognizing that this...more
This week, the Federal Circuit issued an order finding that in cases brought under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2)(A), infringement occurs for venue purposes only in districts where actions related to the submission of an Abbreviated...more
Colcrys®/colchicine - Case Name: Takeda Pharms. U.S.A., Inc. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc., No. 2020-1407, -1417 (Fed. Cir. July 31, 2020) (Circuit Judges Prost, Newman, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Prost, C.J.; Dissent by...more
BECAUSE THE PRIOR ART TAUGHT OVERLAPPING PH RANGES AND STRUCTURALLY SIMILAR COMPOUNDS AS THOSE CLAIMED IN THE PATENT-IN-SUIT, THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT REVERSED SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF NON-OBVIOUSNESS. Case Name: Valeant Pharms...more
BECAUSE DELAWARE WAS AN IMPROPER VENUE FOR DEFENDANT MYLAN, AND DEFENDANT 3M DEMONSTRATED THAT VARIOUS FACTORS WEIGHED IN FAVOR OF A TRANSFER, THE CASE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. Case...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
Case Name: Celgene Corp. v. Hetero Labs Ltd., 17-3387 (ES) (MAH), 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34025 (D.N.J. Mar. 2, 2018) (Salas, J.)....more
Case Name: Indivior Inc. v. Mylan Techs. Inc., 15-cv-1016-RGA, 15-cv-0477-RGA, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47151 (D. Del. Mar. 22, 2018) (Andrews, J.)....more
Case Name: Otsuka Pharm. Co. v. Mylan Inc., Civ. No. 14-4508 (JBS-KMW), 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 184160 (D.N.J. Nov. 7, 2017) (Simandle, J.)....more
Case Name: Pfizer Inc. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc., No. 15-79-GMS, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125634 (D. Del. Aug. 9 2017) (Sleet, J.). Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Toviaz® (fesoterodine fumarate extended-release tablets);...more
Case Name: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Mylan Pharms., Inc., Civ. No. 17-379-LPS, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146372 (D. Del. Sept. 11, 2017) (Stark, J.)... Drug Product and U.S. Patent: Eliquis® (apixaban); U.S. Patents Nos....more
Case Name: The Medicines Co. v. Mylan, Inc., No. 2015-1113, -1151, -1181 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 6, 2017) (Circuit Judges Dyk, Wallach, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Dyk, J.) (appeal from N.D. Ill., St. Eve, J.)....more
Case Name: Shire Development, LLC v. Mylan Pharms., Inc., No: 12-1190-T-36AEP, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11441 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 27, 2017) (Honeywell, J.). Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Lialda® (mesalamine); U.S. Patent...more
Case Name: Cumberland Pharms. Inc. v. Mylan Institutional LLC, Nos. 2016-1155, -1259, 846 F.3d 1213 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 26, 2017) (Circuit Judges Moore, Taranto, and Reyna presiding; Opinion by Taranto, J.) (appeal from N.D....more
Case Name: Mylan Institutional LLC v. Aurobindo Phama Ltd, 2:16-cv-00491-RWS-RSP, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180551 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 21, 2016) (Payne, MJ). Drug Product and Patents-in-Suit: isosulfan blue; U.S. Patents Nos....more
Case Name: Forest Labs. Holdings Ltd. v. Mylan Inc., No. 13–1602–SLR (Consolidated), 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89268 (D. Del. July 11, 2016) (Robinson, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Savella® (milnacipran...more
Generic and branded pharma companies alike are waiting with baited breath to see if the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of personal jurisdiction in Hatch-Waxman patent cases this term. After a broad ruling from the...more