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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

United Therapeutics Corp. v. Liquidia Technologies Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2024)

Zealous advocacy is a hallmark of adversarial proceedings, whether in district court or before the USPTO, where the opportunities for such advocacy have multiplied with the establishment by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 15th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics - June 20th - 21st, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics returns to New York City, on June 20 - 21, 2024. Now in its 15th year, the 2024 conference will dive deep into the latest legal,...more

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Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending March 8, 2024

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Chewy, Inc. v. International Business Machines Corp., No. 2022-1756 (Fed. Cir. (S.D.N.Y.) Mar. 5, 2024). Opinion by Moore, joined by Stoll and Cunningham. IBM owns two patents that generally relate to improvements in...more

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PREVAIL Act Proposes Significant Changes PTAB Proceedings

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IP rights can be vital to the success of medical device companies.  Significant legislative changes governing some of these rights may be on the horizon.  Senators Coons (Delaware), Durbin (Illinois), Hirono (Hawaii), and...more

Goodwin

Update: Post-Trial Briefing in Regeneron v. Mylan Aflibercept BPCIA Case Now Complete

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​​​​​​​We previously reported on the opening post-trial briefs in Regeneron’s BPCIA case against Mylan and Biocon (who was added as a defendant after the original defendant, Mylan, transferred its rights to the aflibercept...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 14th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics - June 27th - 28th, Boston, MA

Biologics have become the fastest-growing class of therapeutic compounds. They have provided innovative treatment alternatives for people who suffer from some of the most serious medical conditions known to man. The...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 18th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes - April 19th - 20th, New York, NY

Hosted by ACI, 18th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Conference returns to New York City for another exciting year with curated programming that not only addresses the hot topics, but also puts them within the context of pre-suit...more

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An Interview with Rachel Goode, Ph.D, about Biological Patent Thickets

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Kevin DeJong (Senior Editor) and Shweta Kumar (Editor) from the Big Molecule Watch recently interviewed Rachel Goode, Ph.D. to discuss an article she recently co-authored, “Biological patent thickets and delayed access to...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Broad Scope of False Claims Act’s Public Disclosure Bar

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On August 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in which it held that ex parte patent prosecutions by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) qualify as “other Federal . . . hearing[s]” under...more

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Year in Review: Top U.S. Biosimilars-Related Regulatory Developments of 2021

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As 2021 comes to a close, Big Molecule Watch reviews the top five biosimilar regulatory developments of the year... President Biden Signs Orange Book Transparency Act - In January, we reported that President Biden...more

Morgan Lewis

Blockbuster Biologics Review Issue 14

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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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Calls for USPTO to Adopt Policies to Modulate Drug Pricing

In the wake of the nomination of Kathi Vidal as Director of the USPTO, there will be significant attention paid to the agency’s responses to calls from both the executive and legislative branches to remake the agency’s...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Paragraph IV Disputes Conference - November 9th - 10th, New York, NY

Join the conference that the “who’s who” of Hatch-Waxman litigators have designated as the forum which sets the standards for Paragraph IV practice. ACI’s Paragraph IV Litigation Conference is returning LIVE & IN-PERSON to...more

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Blockbuster Biologics Review | Quarterly Update – August 2021

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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 BPCIA, 29 biosimilars have been approved, 16...more

Fish & Richardson

2020 Post-Grant Report

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In a year of extraordinary change, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) rose to the challenge - Given the challenges of 2020 – a global pandemic, a deep economic recession, and a turbulent presidential election, among...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Biosimilar Litigation Trends and Lessons Learned in 2019

It has been nearly 10 years since the U.S. Biosimilars Pathway (the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act) was enacted. The first biosimilar product in U.S. history was approved and launched in 2015. Ten biosimilars...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

U.S. Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit Has Held That Neither State Agencies Nor Indian Tribes Enjoy Sovereign Immunity,...

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On July 20, 2018 in Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Allergan, Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Dyk, Moore and Reyna JJ) held that Native American (“Indian”) Tribes do...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Life Sciences Patents Summit – Perfect Your Patent Prosecution Strategies in the U.S. and Around the World - May 16-17,...

Come to network and benchmark with top life sciences industry patent and intellectual property counsel. ACI’s 17th Global Summit on Life Sciences Patents returns to New York in May to provide practical insights on how to...more

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Why Biotech and Pharma Patents Survive IPR

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When the America Invents Act of 2011 ushered in a number of new administrative procedures for challenging issued patents, the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries at first seemed largely unconcerned. Originally...more

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Sometimes the Patent Office Has the Last and Only Word

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The Federal Circuit just issued a decision that confirms its stance on Article III standing for appeals from inter partes reviews (IPRs), making it tougher for unsuccessful IPR petitioners to obtain judicial review of U.S....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Amerigen Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. UCB Pharma GmbH (Fed. Cir. 2019)

The Federal Circuit recently reviewed yet another decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Amerigen Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. UCB Pharma GmbH, and once again reviewed...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

What Are the Top Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA Developments for October 2018?

This month we highlight a new law requiring notification to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice of biosimilar litigation settlements and perhaps the end of a long-running Mylan venue dispute in Delaware....more

Ladas & Parry LLP

Native American Tribes’ Patents Not Immune from Challenge in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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On July 20 in Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Allergan, Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Dyk, Moore and Reyna JJ) held that Native American (“Indian”) Tribes do not...more

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Patent Transfer to Native American Tribe Does Not Immunize Patents from Inter Partes Review

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This ruling may have eliminated the practice of transferring patents to Native American tribes for immunization from IPR proceedings. The Federal Circuit, in a matter of first impression, has ruled that tribal sovereign...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

USPTO and EPO Examiners Discuss Key Considerations for Filing Effective Precision Medicine and Bioinformatics Applications in the...

At a symposium and webinar presented by Fenwick & West and Mewburn Ellis, we asked U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office examiners to provide perspective on the preparation and prosecution of patent...more

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