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Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Minimizing Your Risk of Being Sued Before the U.S. International Trade Commission

The International Trade Commission (ITC) is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees issues including IP enforcement, anti-dumping, and tariffs. A finding of infringement at the ITC can result in exclusion orders and...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

Federal Circuit: it’s not easy being green for colour marks

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Legal updates: case law analysis and intelligence - - The TTAB, applying the Milwaukee test, rejected an application for a dark green colour mark for medical gloves on the ground that it was generic - The Federal Circuit...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Chanel's Legal Victory Sends a Clear Message: Authenticity Isn't Just a Luxury — It's the Law - The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 29

"Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity," Coco Chanel once said. Chanel, the eponymous company, has taken this motto to heart in its unwavering commitment to protecting its intellectual property — an effort...more

A&O Shearman

UPC Court of Appeal confirms its jurisdiction over infringements that pre-date the UPC Agreement

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Xsys Italia v. Esko-Graphics ORD_23545/2025 - The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has delivered a decision clarifying the temporal scope of the UPC’s jurisdiction over European patent infringement...more

Haug Partners LLP

FTC Issues a Third Round of Warning Letters Over Improper Orange Book Listings

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On May 21, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) renewed its efforts to challenge pharmaceutical manufacturers that have allegedly listed patents improperly in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) publication of...more

Knobbe Martens

A Request for Sanctions Before the ITC Is Not Appealable to the Federal Circuit

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REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION v. ITC - Before Reyna, Bryson, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States International Trade Commission. The Federal Circuit lacks jurisdiction to hear appeals of non-final determinations from...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC Revives Orange Book Listing Challenges

On May 21, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its third round of warning letters – and its first under the Trump administration – against pharmaceutical manufacturers for allegedly improper listing of patents in...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

FTC Peeling Back the Layers of the Orange Book

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is continuing to pursue pharmaceutical manufacturers for allegedly improperly listing patents in the “Orange Book,” delaying the entry of generic drug competitors. On May 21, the FTC...more

Hogan Lovells

Republican FTC renews challenges to Orange Book patent listings

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On May 21, 2025 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued renewed warning letters to five companies regarding over 200 allegedly improperly-listed patents in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Orange Book. Announcing...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Federal Trade Commission Continues Efforts to Delist Drug Device Administration Patents in Orange Book

In the last years of the Biden Administration, the Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement and sent letters to ten companies having Orange Book-listed patents claiming devices for administering drugs challenging...more

Polsinelli

Orange Book Listings: Republican Led FTC Picks Up Where Democrat Led FTC Left Off

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Key Takeaways - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), now under Republican leadership, has continued its scrutiny of Orange Book listings for device patents, signaling bipartisan concern over potential anti-competitive...more

Jenner & Block

Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - April 2025

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Welcome to the April 2025 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the Japanese...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

The Federal Circuit Expands IP Enforcement Opportunities at the ITC

Last month the Federal Circuit issued a decision in the Lashify case that significantly broadens the opportunity for companies to bring a lawsuit before the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”). The ITC is known for...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Axinn Associates at the Antitrust Spring Meeting: Pharma Under the Antitrust Microscope

The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy profes­sionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world....more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Compounding Problems: Recent Decisions on Tirzepatide Highlight Interplay Between FDA Anti-Compounding Enforcement and Private...

Earlier this month, a federal district court denied the Outsourcing Facilities Association’s preliminary injunction motion, which sought to preclude FDA from taking enforcement action against compounded tirzepatide...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Circuit Opens the Door to Additional Domestic Industry Investment: “Ordinary Importer” No Longer

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In its recent decision in Lashify, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit opened the door for patent owners to include expanded categories of domestic investment to satisfy the economic prong of the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FDA’s Semaglutide Shortage Resolution: Legal Implications and Risks for Compounding Pharmacies

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) announced in a Declaratory Order the resolution of the shortage of semaglutide injection products Wegovy and Ozempic (the “February Declaratory Order”). On March...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Ahoy! ITC Welcomes SEP Holders Navigating for The Best Venue

Given the recent unanimous decision by a UK appellate court that Ericsson’s injunction efforts based on standard-essential patents (“SEPs”) were, essentially by their very nature, “hold-up” and “coercion” that violated...more

Knobbe Martens

Federal Circuit’s Lashify Decision Expands “Domestic Industry” at the International Trade Commission

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Lashify, Inc. v. International Trade Commission Before: Prost, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from ITC Investigation. The Federal Circuit expands the economic prong of the domestic-industry analysis to include domestic spending on...more

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Economic Prong of Domestic Industry Requirement Includes All Sorts of Labor and Capital

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Addressing the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement under Section 337(a)(3)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a US International Trade Commission decision,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New Federal Circuit Ruling Opens the ITC to Many More IP Owners

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In a recent ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upended years of settled law and ruled that sales and marketing expenses, by themselves, can be the basis for a finding of domestic industry in an...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Federal Circuit Significantly Broadens Qualifying Expenses for Economic Domestic Industry at the ITC

On March 5, the Federal Circuit held that sales, marketing, warehousing, quality control, or distribution expenditures may count as “employment of labor or capital” for purposes of satisfying the economic domestic industry...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Preserving Patent Rights: Impact of Public Use on Patenting

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For a business planning to market a product that incorporates an invention, having an enforceable patent to protect the invention is often desirable. Two recent federal circuit cases reiterate what many patent holders and...more

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The Federal Circuit Expands Scope of Domestic Industry Requirement in Lashify

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In Lashify v. ITC, the Federal Circuit held that the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement, which is a precondition for obtaining International Trade Commission Section 337 relief, can be satisfied with...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Federal Circuit Axes Years of ‘Domestic Industry’ Precedent in ITC § 1337 Investigations

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The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has taken an axe to years of precedent in § 1337 investigations at the International Trade Commission (ITC). The ITC has long denied “mere importers” the protection of §...more

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