Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
Written by : Raymond S. Lu and Douglas B. Wentzel NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION v. TORRENT PHARMA INC. Before Lourie , Prost, and Reyna. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary : A patent was not invalid for lack of…
Written by : Nefi R. Oliva and Justin J. Gillett BearBox, LLC, Austin Storms, v. Lancium LLC, Michael T. McNamara, Raymond E. Cline, Jr. Before Chen, Bryson, and Stoll . Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary :…
CASE OF THE WEEK In re Entresto (Sacubitril/Valsartan) , Appeal Nos. 2023-2218, -2220, -2221 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 10, 2025) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit revived Novartis’s US Patent No. 8,101,659 by reversing the district court’s…
Shares of Intra-Cellular Therapies (NASDAQ: ITCI) increased by nearly 15% last week after the company reached a significant settlement with Sandoz in the ongoing Caplyta (lumateperone) patent litigation. The announcement , which coincides with major…
The year 2024 has seen an uptick in patent litigation, reversing the downward trend observed since 2022. This increase underscores the growing importance of intellectual property in today's highly competitive and innovation-driven marketplace. As…
CASE OF THE WEEK Honeywell International Inc. v. 3G Licensing, S.A. , Appeal Nos. 2023-1354, -1384, -1407 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 2, 2025) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit reversed an inter partes review finding of the Patent Trial and…
At the heart of the patent disputes that define industries and drive innovation lies a little-understood group of decision-makers: PTAB Judges, or Administrative Patent Judges (APJs). Tasked with resolving complex patent challenges, these experts at the…
CASE OF THE WEEK DDR Holdings, LLC v. Priceline.com LLC , Appeal Nos. 2023-1176, -1177 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 9, 2024) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a stipulated non-infringement judgment from Delaware’s district court, finding that…
Written by : Ari Feinstein and Joseph Mallon, Ph.D. On October 11, 2024, Edwards [1] filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. [2] The question presented, as framed by Edwards, is: “Whether, under Hatch-Waxman’s…
Written by : Ariadad Fattahyani and Nathan D. Reeves MIRROR WORLDS TECHS., LLC v. META PLATFORMS, INC. Before Prost, Taranto , and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Summary : Expert testimony that is…
Written by : Sashank Krothapally and Nathan D. Reeves CYTIVA BIOPROCESS R&D AB V. JSR CORP. Before Prost , Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : A claim limitation merely reciting an inherent property or result of an…
CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY, INC. Before Dyk , Hughes, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Summary : An offer for sale described as a…
