Podcast: IP Life Sciences Landscape: Aiding Orange and Purple Book Patent Owners in Developing PTAB Survival Skills
Case Name: Astellas Pharma, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Nos. 2023-2032, 2023-2063, 2023-2089, 2024 WL 4219374 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2024) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Prost, and Reyna presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from D....more
The foundational comic premise of walk-into-a-bar jokes is the underlying differences among the characters walking in. The three characters—in this case a chess player, a hockey player, and a patent litigator—may appear...more
In Allergan USA, Inc. et al., v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., et al., the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision relating to obviousness-type double patenting (“ODP”) and...more
Obviousness-type double patenting (ODP), a judicially-created ground of patent invalidity, has become the subject of intense interest after the Federal Circuit issued two decisions refining the application of the doctrine in...more
This chart summarizes the case name, presiding judge, drug, and patents-at-issue in all federal district court cases that are filed pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act. It also includes the same information for proceedings...more
This chart tracks the date, drug, reference-listed company, applicant, and indications of publicly available drug launches resulting from Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(b)(2) Applications....more
We have been monitoring the dispute between Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (“Edwards”) and Meril Life Sciences Pvt., Ltd. (“Meril”) before and after the initial Federal Circuit decision. The dispute focused on whether Meril’s...more
The Hatch-Waxman Act regulates the relationship between branded and generic drugmakers and attempts to strike a balance between two competing policy interests — encouraging pioneering drug development and facilitating market...more
This chart summarizes the case name, drug, patents-in-suit, and publicly available terms for reported settlements in federal district court cases that are filed pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act....more
Explore skinny labelling & obviousness in Canada and Australia - If you are an intellectual property (IP) owner, a litigator or an in-house legal professional managing IP litigation in multiple jurisdictions, don’t miss...more
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., has garnered significant attention, especially concerning the application of the “safe harbor” provision under 35 U.S.C. §...more
This chart tracks the date, drug, reference-listed company, and applicant of Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(b)(2) Applications receiving final approval by the FDA....more
Case Name: Pharmacyclics LLC v. Alvogen Pine Brook LLC, Civ. No. 19-434-CFC, 2024 WL 1885677 (D. Del. Apr. 30, 2024) (Connolly, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Imbruvica® (ibrutinib); U.S. Patents Nos. 8,008,309...more
Case Name: Teva Branded Pharm. Products R&D, Inc. v. Amneal Pharms. of NY, LLC, Civ. No. 23-20964 (SRC), 2024 WL 2923018 (D.N.J. June 10, 2024) (Chesler, J.)....more
Case Name: Janssen Pharms., Inc. v. Tolmar, Inc., Civ. No. 21-1784-WCB, 2024 WL 2972832 (D. Del. June 13, 2024) (Bryson, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Invega Sustenna® (paliperidone palmitate); U.S. Patent No....more
Case Name: Janssen Pharms., Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2022-1258, 2022-1307, 2024 WL 1355733 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 1, 2024) (Circuit Judges Dyk, Prost, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Prost, J.) (Appeal from D.N.J.,...more
Case Name: Salix Pharms., Ltd. v. Norwich Pharms. Inc., No. 2022-2153, 2023-1952, 2024 WL 1561195 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 11, 2024) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Chen, and Cunningham presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.; Dissenting-in-part...more
Case Name: Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. Hikma Pharms. USA Inc., No. 2023-1169, 2024 WL 3152087 (Fed. Cir. June 25, 2024) (Circuit Judges Moore, Lourie, and Albright presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from D. Del., Andrews,...more
Last week, the Federal Circuit decided Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., 23-1169 (Fed. Cir. June 25, 2024), a case that spotlighted the issues of skinny labeling and induced infringement for generic...more
The Situation: The Hatch-Waxman Act allows generic drug manufacturers to "carve out" a brand's patented indications from their proposed labeling. Generic manufacturers often rely on these so-called "skinny labels" to try to...more
Summary - On June 10, 2024, the District Court for the District of New Jersey ordered Teva to delist five patents from the Orange Book for ProAir® HFA (albuterol sulfate) Inhalation Aerosol. The patents were directed to...more
On June 10, 2024, Judge Stanley R. Chesler of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the Amneal defendants’ motion for partial judgment on their counterclaims in a Hatch-Waxman dispute, and...more
On June 28, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice requesting public comments on the current state of the common law experimental use exception to patent infringement and whether Congress...more
The Federal Circuit's recently issued decision in the Amarin/Hikma case continues the drama around skinny labeling for generic and biosimilar products, but the panel certainly went out of its way to couch its analysis as an...more