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Tax developments - Actavis and deductible expenses - On March 21, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released a decision in Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. v. United States, holding that taxpayers could...more
In Actavis v. U.S., a case at the intersection of tax law and patent law, the Federal Circuit held that generic drug companies’ Hatch-Waxman litigation expenses are “ordinary and necessary business expenses” and can be...more
Intellectual property (“IP”) is hugely important to businesses. Given that importance, IP owners must occasionally litigate against the unauthorized use of their technology. The costs of such litigation and appurtenant...more
Although legal fees spent preparing Paragraph IV notice letters must be capitalized (and thus amortized over 15 years), legal fees spent defending ANDA suits launched in response to those letters may be taken as deductions in...more
In an opinion released July 27, 2023, the Third Circuit affirmed a 2021 Tax Court decision upholding a pharmaceutical company’s immediate deduction of patent defense litigation costs in suits brought under the Hatch-Waxman...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions: Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, No. 21-757: This case addressed the Patent Act’s “enablement” requirement—the provision that requires a patent applicant to describe...more
The Tax Court issued its second opinion in Medtronic following a remand by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Medtronic, Inc. v. Comm’r, 900 F.3d 610 (8th Cir. 2018)) of its earlier decision. In that...more
Under the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 162, ordinary and necessary business expenses are deductible, but Code Section 263 disallows a deduction for capital expenditures (“no deduction shall be allowed” for a capital...more
U.S. Developments - CFTC Approves LedgerX to Clear Fully-Collateralized Futures and Options - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has approved LedgerX, LLC’s amended order of registration to...more
Addressing the classic case of a US multinational shifting income to a tax haven, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the US Tax Court’s transfer pricing analysis because it failed to account for key...more
Introduction - U.S. taxation of intellectual property has become astoundingly more complex after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new rules are so complex that the IRS and Treasury are still figuring out the details of how...more
In This Issue - US Taxation of IP After Tax Reform - U.S. taxation of intellectual property has become astoundingly more complex after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new rules are so complex that the IRS and Treasury...more
Can marijuana businesses receive federal copyright protection? Yes. The requirements for registration with the U.S. Copyright Office are that the work is original, creative and fixed in some form of expression. These...more
Mean Girls v. The Right of Publicity: Lessons Learned From the Lohan and Gravano Lawsuits - On September 1, 2016, a New York appellate court ended two closely watched right of publicity lawsuits brought by Lindsay...more
Challenges of Transferring IP Offshore - What constitutes intellectual property (“IP”) has long been a contested issue in tax practice, but generally includes intangible assets as wide-ranging as patents, copyrights,...more