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Patent-Eligible Subject Matter refers to the types of inventions that can be legally patented. The criteria for patentability varies depending on the jurisdiction. In the United States, for instance, if a... more +
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter refers to the types of inventions that can be legally patented. The criteria for patentability varies depending on the jurisdiction. In the United States, for instance, if a researcher discovers a naturally occurring substance, the substance itself cannot be patented. This issue was examined in a United States Supreme Court case, AMP v. Myriad, in regard to the patentability of human genes.  less -
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SCC to revisit “method of medical treatment” patent claims

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This spring, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will consider the scope of patentable subject-matter as it relates to “methods of medical treatment”....more

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Federal Circuit addresses subject matter eligibility for compositions of matter in US Synthetic v. ITC

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Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit decided a subject matter eligibility case closely watched in the pharmaceutical industry. The case involved composition-of-matter claims reciting measured results. Reversing the...more

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Recent Decision Raises Patent Eligibility Concerns Regarding Certain Gene Therapy-Related Inventions

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This past Friday, a federal district court held that the mere fact of combining certain natural products – such as isolated, naturally occurring AAV sequences and a heterologous non-AAV sequence – and putting them into a...more

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[Webinar] 2024 IP Outlook: Trends Affecting Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret Holders - December 12th, 1:00 pm - 2:00...

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As 2023 draws to a close, new developments continue to emerge across the patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret spaces. Join members of McDermott’s Intellectual Property Group for a year-end review that will explore...more

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Patentee’s Own Clinical Trial Renders Unpatentable Patent Claims Directed to Antibody Treatment

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In a final written decision of an inter partes review proceeding, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found all 12 claims of a challenged patent unpatentable as either anticipated or obvious. Each ground of unpatentability...more

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Federal Circuit Finds Deuterated Analogs Of Small Molecule Drug Obvious

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On August 22, 2023, the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential decision holding that claims directed to deuterated analogs of ruxolitinib were unpatentable as obvious. Sun Pharm. Indus., Inc. v. Incyte Corp., No....more

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Mind Your Ps and Qs, and Your PTAs Too

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Last week, the Federal Circuit held that obviousness-type double patenting trumps patent term adjustment, opening the door for invalidity attacks that to date had been questionable. In re Cellect was an appeal from a...more

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[Event] 16th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe - May 23rd - 24th, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Hosted by C5, the 16th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe returns 23-24 May, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Central Station, Amsterdam with curated programing for you to gain the knowledge and...more

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

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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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Top Stories of 2022: #8 to #10

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After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 16th annual list of top patent stories.  For 2022, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had...more

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[Event] Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium - September 21st - 22nd, Chicago, IL

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ACI’s 8th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium returns in person to Chicago on September 21-22! Join leading pharmaceutical patent litigators for brand name and generic drug companies to receive up-to-the-minute...more

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Federal Circuit Review - August 2021

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It’s No Secret That a Related Company’s Physical Presence in a Jurisdiction May Not Be Enough For Proper Venue - In Andra Group, LP v. Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC, Appeal No. 20-2009, The Federal Circuit held that an...more

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

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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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Horizon Medicines LLC v. Alkem Labs. Ltd.

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Duexis® (ibuprofen / famotidine) - Case Name: Horizon Medicines LLC v. Alkem Labs. Ltd., No. 18-1014-RGA, 2020 WL 7022591 (D. Del. Nov. 30, 2020) (Andrews, J.) ...more

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Federal Court decision regarding glatiramer acetate finds one patent obvious and another valid and infringed

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On January 6, 2021, the Federal Court issued its decision in two patent infringement actions pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations involving Teva’s patents pertaining to the...more

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[Webinar] Life Sciences | 2020 Year in Review - January 27th, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm ET

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2020 has been referred to as an unprecedented year for the world in so many ways—the pandemic, the California and Washington fires, the racial justice protests and calls to action—but that didn’t stop the Federal Circuit from...more

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Promoting the Progress of Science: Avoiding Inherent Obviousness

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You’ve thought long and hard about how your company’s clinical stage invention is novel over anything that’s ever been done before. Your analysis is finished, right? Not even close. The novelty barrier to patentability can be...more

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[Virtual Event] 11th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics - September 23rd - 24th, 7:45 am - 5:00 pm ET

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This year, the BPCIA turns 10! As we prepare to enter the next decade of this revolutionary law, we cordially invite you to join us for ACI’s 11th Annual Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics Summit, in a fully virtual,...more

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Section 101: Cert. Denied … Now What?

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Since the Supreme Court’s decisions in Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 566 U.S. 66 (2012) and Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, 573 U.S. 208 (2014), lower courts and the United States Patent and...more

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Supreme Court Denies Review In Three Section 101 Cases

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On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in the following cases...more

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Unpacking The Solicitor General’s Brief In Vanda

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Responding to the invitation from the Supreme Court, the Solicitor General for the United States has filed an amicus brief for the United States in Hikma Pharmaceuticals USC Inc. v. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stakeholders...more

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INO Therapeutics LLC v. Praxair Distribution Inc.

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BUT FOR A CLERICAL ERROR TO BE ADDRESSED ON REMAND, THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT AFFIRMS FINDINGS OF INELIGIBLE SUBJECT MATTER AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Case Name: INO Therapeutics LLC v. Praxair Distribution Inc., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS...more

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Personalized Therapy Patent Falls as Patent-Ineligible

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In a non-precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit held as patent-ineligible patent claims to personalized therapy to treat patients who would benefit from inhaled nitric oxide treatment and withhold treatment from patients...more

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Federal Circuit Finds Method Withholding Treatment Ineligible For Patenting

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In its non-precedential decision in INO Therapeutics LLC v. Praxair Distribution Inc., the Federal Circuit agreed with the district court that method of treatment claims reciting “excluding” specific patients from treatment...more

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Federal Circuit Finds Endo Method Of Treatment Claims Satisfy 35 USC 101

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In Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., the Federal Circuit distinguished method of treatment claims that involve personalized dosing from the claims invalidated in Mayo v. Prometheus, and found them...more

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