Federal Circuit Allows Teva Patents to Remain in Orange Book. -
The Federal Circuit recently granted Teva Pharmaceutical’s motion for a stay of removal of its patents from the Orange Book in its ongoing dispute with...more
8/1/2024
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Health Insurance ,
Life Sciences ,
Orange Book ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Sherman Act ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals ,
The Clayton Act
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
BETEIRO, LLC v. DRAFTKINGS INC. [OPINION] (2022-2275, 06/21/2024) (Dyk, Prost, Stark) -
Stark, J. The Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal of multiple, related...more
This week, the FTC continued its intense regulatory focus on pharmaceutical patents listed in the FDA’s Orange Book. As reported in earlier editions of The Interplay, the FTC issued a policy statement in September 2023,...more
5/7/2024
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Competition ,
Drug Pricing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Orange Book ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sherman Act ,
Warning Letters
Calls for Removal of Device Patents Listed in the Orange Book Continue. FTC and Congressional action scrutinizing allegedly “improper” Orange Book listings continued apace in the first few months of 2024. ...more
4/2/2024
/ AbbVie ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
AstraZeneca ,
Boehringer ,
Class Action ,
CVS ,
Delisting ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Generic Drugs ,
GlaxoSmithKline ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Devices ,
Monopolization ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Orange Book ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Rebates ,
Sherman Act ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Illumina Agrees to Unwind Acquisition of Grail Following Fifth Circuit Decision. On December 15, 2023, the Fifth Circuit vacated the FTC’s order that Illumina unwind its acquisition of Grail—a developer of a multi-cancer...more
1/18/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Competition ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Life Sciences ,
Orange Book ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reimbursements ,
Sherman Act ,
United Healthcare Insurance Co.
This past Friday, a federal district court held that the mere fact of combining certain natural products – such as isolated, naturally occurring AAV sequences and a heterologous non-AAV sequence – and putting them into a...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
1. PARKERVISION, INC. v. VIDAL [OPINION] (2022-1548, 12/15/2023) (Prost, Wallach, and Chen)* -
Chen, J. The Court affirmed the PTAB’s determination that the patent...more
1/10/2024
/ Breach of Contract ,
Claim Construction ,
European Patent Office ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Precedential Opinion
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
MALVERN PANALYTICAL INC. v. TA INSTRUMENTS-WATERS LLC [OPINION] (2022-1439, 11/1/2023) (Prost, Hughes, and Cunningham) -
Prost, J. The Court vacated the district court’s...more
11/15/2023
/ Administrative Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Claim Construction ,
Dismissals ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Stipulated Judgment
European Commission Orders Unprecedented Unwinding Of Illumina’s Acquisition of GRAIL. For the first time, the European Commission has ordered reversal of a consummated transaction, Illumina Inc.’s 2021 acquisition of GRAIL...more
11/10/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
EU ,
EU Merger Directive ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Life Sciences ,
Member State ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reversal
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
BAXALTA INCOPORPORATED v. GENENTECH, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1461, 9/20/2023) (Moore, Clevenger, and Chen) -
Moore, C.J. The Court affirmed a district court’s grant of...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions -
AXONICS, INC. v. MEDTRONIC, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1532, 2022-1533, 8/7/2023) (Lourie, Dyk, and Taranto) -
Dyk, J. The Court vacated and remanded IPR decisions by the PTAB...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
INDIVIOR UK LIMITED v. DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES S.A. [OPINION] (2020-2073, 2020-2142, 11/24/21) (Lourie, Linn, Dyk)
Lourie, J. Affirming Board decision in IPR of patent...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
CAP EXPORT, LLC v. ZINUS, INC. [OPINION] (2020-2087, 5/5/21) (Dyk, Bryson, Hughes) -
Dyk, J. Affirming decision to set aside judgment and injunction pursuant to Federal Rule of...more
5/18/2021
/ Appeals ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Misrepresentation ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Prior Art
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions:
In Re NITRO FLUIDS L.L.C. [ORDER] (2020-0142, 10/28/28) (REYNA, WALLACH, and CHEN) -
Reyna, J. The Court considered a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking transfer from the...more
11/11/2020
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Abuse of Discretion ,
Analogous Art ,
Apple ,
Chevron ,
Claim Construction ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
First-to-File ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Mandamus Petitions ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Transfer of Venue ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions -
ANTENNASYS, INC. v. AQYR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [OPINION] (O’Malley, Bryson, Reyna) -
O’Malley, J. Remanding to district court to address threshold issues of whether case should be...more