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Life Sciences Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding Patent Infringement

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Cancer Drugs: Antibody-Drug Conjugate Litigation

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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are typically composed of a monoclonal antibody attached to a cytotoxic drug via a chemical linker. The antibody is able to identify biomarkers on and attach to cancer cells, allowing targeted...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - July 2024 #2

Natera, Inc. v. NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2024-1324, -1409 (Fed. Cir. July 12, 2024) In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction that largely...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - May 2024 #3

Copan Italia SPA v. Puritan Med. Prods. Co. LLC, Appeal No. 2022-1943 (Fed. Cir. May 14, 2024) The Federal Circuit’s only precedential opinion concerning a patent case this week had nothing to do with patent law....more

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Blockbuster Biologics Review - Issue 23

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Welcome to our quarterly update relating to biologics and biosimilars, including post-grant and patent litigation challenges to blockbuster biologics. Since the enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act...more

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Routine Optimization of Result-Effective Variable Can Bridge Gaps in Prior Art

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PFIZER INC. v. SANOFI PASTEUR INC. - Before Lourie, Bryson, and Stark.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board....more

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Year in Review: Top Legal Developments of 2023

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​​​​​​​As we settle into 2024, we reflect on the significant legal developments of 2023 that hold potential impact on the biologics and biosimilars market. The following is a recap of some of the top five legal decisions and...more

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Federal Circuit Review - November 2023

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Federal Circuit Orders District Court to Consider Extrinsic Evidence in Claim Construction - In Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Appeal No. 22-1889, the Federal Circuit held that where a...more

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Update on mRNA Vaccine Patent Litigation

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​​​​​​​We previously reported on patent infringement litigations between Alnylam and Moderna. Below we provide updates on two proceedings involving the mRNA vaccine producer Moderna....more

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Free Samples and Fillers: No Teaching Away or Commercial Success

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INCEPT LLC v. PALETTE LIFE SCIENCES, INC. Before Newman, Schall, and Taranto.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: No teaching away when art does not disparage invention and free samples cannot...more

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Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB’s Decisions in Axonics, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc.

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Sacral neuromodulation stimulates nerves above the tailbone to treat fetal incontinence and related bowel and bladder control issues. After California-based Axonics Inc. (“Axonics”) entered the sacral neuromodulation market...more

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[Event] 21st Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents - May 18th - 19th, New York, NY

ACI’s 21st Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents returns to New York City, this May, to provide practical insights on how to maximize your patent term and develop strategies to enhance global protections for your patent...more

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Incorporation by Reference: Patent Portfolio Builder or Destroyer?

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ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION v. MODERNATX, INC. Before Reyna, Schall, and Chen.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Arbutus’ patent was anticipated by an earlier Arbutus patent that incorporated...more

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CAFC Holds Priority Favors True Trailblazers, Not Maze-Like Paths Through a Forest of Prior Applications: Regents of the...

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The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) recently upheld a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) that found some claims of U.S. Patent 8,815,830 (“the ’830 patent”) unpatentable as anticipated....more

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PTAB Decision Invalidating Claims Finding Lack of Written Description and Later Priority Date Upheld by Federal Circuit

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Procedural History - Regents of the University of Minnesota v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., Case No. 2021-2168 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2023) is an appeal by the Regents of the University of Minnesota (“Minnesota”) from a final...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 13th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics - June 28th - 29th, Boston, MA

This June, join the “who’s who” of the biosimilars and innovator biologics industries as they gather in Boston for ACI’s 13th Annual Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics....more

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2021 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Love it or hate it, ignore the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at your peril. The introduction of the PTAB as part of the America Invents Act over ten years ago has forever changed...more

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Limitations in Claim Language Frame Reasonable Expectation of Success Analysis

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TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., v. CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS, INC. Before Moore, Newman, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Limitations, such as specific drug doses, in claim language can...more

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No Standing in IPR Appeal for Sublicensee’s Speculative Royalty-Based Injuries

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MODERNATX, INC. v. ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION - Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Stoll.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Sublicensee’s theory of royalty-based injury was too speculative to...more

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Ranges for Interdependent and Interactive Components Can Be Tricky to Derive

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MODERNATX, INC. v. ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION - Before Lourie, O’Malley and Stoll.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: A presumption of obviousness based on overlapping ranges requires showing...more

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When (Patent) Success Isn’t Obvious

In Univ. of Strathclyde v. Clear-Vu Lighting LLC, the Federal Circuit grappled with the issue of whether claims directed to methods and systems for inactivating bacteria using blue light were obvious in view of a prior art...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

ChromaDex Milk Vitamin Formulation Patents Soured by Section 101

On Sept. 21, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted Elysium’s motion for summary judgment that two ChromaDex formulation patents were directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

PTAB Agrees to Review Novartis’ Patent for an Ophthalmic Injection Syringe

On October 26, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) granted Regeneron’s petition to institute an inter partes review (IPR) of Novartis’s patent U.S. Pat. No. 9,220,631 (“the ’631 patent”), which covers a pre-filled...more

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Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB’s Invalidation of Patent Claims for an Artificial Heart Valve (Snyders vs St. Jude)

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On October 5, 2021, the U.S. Federal Circuit reversed a finding of invalidity by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for patent claims related to an “artificial valve for repairing a damaged heart valve.”  ...more

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The Obviousness of Preamble Limitations Can Be a Real Headache for Patent Challengers

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ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS  - Before Lourie, Bryson and O’Malley.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: In claims for methods of using apparatuses or compositions, statements of...more

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Presumption of Nexus Between Claims and Commercial Products May Not Apply When Unclaimed Features Are Critical

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TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS v. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY - Before LOURIE, BRYSON, and O’MALLEY. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The presumption of nexus analysis requires the fact finder to consider the...more

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