In a decision that is potentially important for licensors as well as licensees of standard essential patents (SEPs), a panel of the Ninth Circuit has vacated an injunction that the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more
In the first decision by a federal appeals court interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in FTC v. Actavis, the Third Circuit recently held in King Drug Co. of Florence v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. that so-called...more
8/3/2015
/ Actavis Inc. ,
Class Action ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v Actavis ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pay-For-Delay ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Putative Class Actions ,
SCOTUS ,
Sherman Act ,
SmithKline Beecham
One of the most controversial antitrust issues for the pharmaceutical industry during the last decade has been the treatment of patent settlements in which a patent-holding branded manufacturer made payments to its generic...more
6/24/2013
/ Actavis Inc. ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v Actavis ,
Generic Drugs ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement