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Bayer sued Baxalta for infringing U.S. Patent No. 9,364,520. This patent covers a protein necessary for blood clotting that is used in Baxalta’s hemophilia A medication – Adynovate. Earlier this year, a jury found Baxalta liable and awarded…
CASE OF THE WEEK Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. , Appeal No. 2018-1584 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 21, 2019) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed an inter partes review decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, finding the…
ANZA TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. MUSHKIN, INC. Before Prost, Newman, and Bryson . Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Summary : Patent infringement claims in an amended complaint may relate back to the date of an original…
NALPROPION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. ACTAVIS LABORATORIES FL, INC. Before Prost, Lourie and Wallach. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary : A “substantially equivalent” disclosure may satisfy the written…
CASE OF THE WEEK Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Actavis Laboratories, FL, Inc. , Appeal No. 2018-1221 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 15, 2019) This week’s Case of the Week focuses on issues relating to written description and obviousness in a Hatch-Waxman…
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S., LLC v. FRESENIUS KABI USA, LLC Before Lourie , Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Summary : District courts lack the authority to declare disclaimed patent claims invalid…
Acantha LLC sued Depuy Synthes Sales Inc. and DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., alleging that Depuy’s Vectra and Zero-P VA products infringe U.S. Reissued Patent No. RE 43,008. The patent relates to an orthopedic implant used for joining bone segments. A…
IRIDESCENT NETWORKS, INC. v. AT&T MOBILITY, LLC Before Prost, Reyna and Taranto. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Iridescent sued AT&T and Ericsson for infringement of a patent relating to network communication that…
In Genetic Veterinary Sciences, Inc. v. Laboklin GMBH & Co., the University of Berlin, App. No. 2018-1565 (Fed. Cir., Aug. 9, 2019), a Fed. Cir. panel affirmed the district court’s JMOL ruling that the claims of the University’s U.S. Pat. No.…
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. vs. CH Cheiljedang Corp. (2018-1590, 2018-1629) In a pair of cross-appeals from the International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Commission’s ruling that one of CJ CheilJedang Corp.’s engineered bacterial…
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v. HOSPIRA, INC. Before Lourie , Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Summary : A narrowing claim amendment does not necessarily surrender all equivalents of the claim element if the…
CASE OF THE WEEK Genetic Veterinary Sciences, Inc. v. LABOKLIN GMBH & Co. KG , Appeal No. 2018-2056 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 9, 2019) Our case of the week features a foreign University sued for declaratory judgment of patent invalidity and the questions that follow…
