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

Threading the Needle: Navigating the Matrix Created by the U.S. Supreme Court and Unified Patent Court   

As a firm responsible for managing global portfolios for pharmaceutical companies, we closely follow and seek to stay abreast of developments regarding patentability in various jurisdictions. We recently reviewed the Unified...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Federal Court Invalidates Dosing Patent Based On Clinical Trials Disclosure

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As an essential component of the drug development process, human clinical trials assist in determining whether a given drug will serve its intended purpose, but patent applicants should consider disclosure of such trials in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit Reverses District Court Anticipation Decision Combining Two Prior Art References

The Federal Circuit reversed a decision from the District Court for the District of Delaware invalidating three patents on anticipation grounds, finding the district court improperly relied on disclosures from multiple...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Equivalent Disclosure Used to Satisfy Written Description Requirement

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Invoking a newly minted equivalent disclosure doctrine, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the written description requirement of § 112 was satisfied in the interest of arriving at a...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Ranging Beyond The Written Description Requirement

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Practitioners with an international patent practice generally view the U.S. written description requirement as more liberal than similar requirements in other jurisdictions, especially the European Patent Office. That said,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Federal Circuit Amgen Case Clarifies Important Aspects of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act

On July 21, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its holding in Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., 2015-1499 (Fed. Cir. 2015). The Federal Circuit's decision is the latest development in the long-running...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Federal Circuit Interprets Biosimilars Law in Amgen v. Sandoz

In a seriously fractured decision, the Federal Circuit construed the provisions of the Biologics Price Control and Innovation Act (BPCIA or Act) in Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sandoz Inc. In doing so, the court limited the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Contract Manufacturing Makes Angiomax Patents Invalid Under On Sale Bar

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In The Medicines Company v. Hospira, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that a transaction with a contract manufacturer gave rise to an on sale bar that invalidated The Medicines Company’s Angiomax® patents. Are the facts of this...more

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