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Jury Finds Botox® Patent Claims Nonobvious and Awards Damages from Daxxify® Sales

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On July 18, 2025, after a five-day trial, the jury in Allergan v. Revance Case No. 1:21-cv-01411 (D. Del.) entered a verdict finding claim 8 of Allergan’s U.S. Patent No. 7,354,740 (“the ’740 patent”), claim 6 of U.S. Patent...more

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Allergan Holdings Unlimited Co. v. MSN Labs. Private Ltd. - Viberzi® (eluxadoline)

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Case Name: Allergan Holdings Unlimited Co. v. MSN Labs. Private Ltd., Civ. No. 23-794-RGA, 2024 WL 3444368 (D. Del. July 17, 2024) (Andrews, J.)....more

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Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Labs. Private Ltd. - Viberzi® (eluxadoline)

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Case Name: Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Labs. Private Ltd., 111 F.4th 1358, 2024 WL 3763599 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 13, 2024) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.; Opinion concurring-in-part and...more

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

Cellect and Allergan: Obviousness-Type Double Patenting (ODP) in Reexamination and Reissue

Takeaways: 1. ODP in reexamination and reissue remains unpredictable despite Allergan 2. Patent Owners should carefully review ODP rejections to ensure they are proper Obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) is a legal...more

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Federal Circuit Decision Clarifies Obviousness-Type Double Patenting and Patent Term Adjustments in Allergan v. MSN Laboratories

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On August 13, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential ruling in Allergan v. MSN Laboratories (Case No. 24-1061). This decision reversed the District of Delaware's application of the Federal Circuit precedent in In re:...more

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Federal Circuit Overrules ODP Rejection of Parent Patent Based on In re Cellect

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In a new precedential decision issued August 13, 2024, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Allergan USA. v. MSN Labs, 24-1061, held that a first-filed, first-issued parent patent that receives a patent term...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Life Sciences Court Report - March 2020

About Life Sciences Court Report:  We will periodically report on recently filed biotech and pharma litigation. Allergan USA, Inc. v. Prollenium US Inc. 1-20-cv-00104; filed January 23, 2020 in the District Court of Delaware...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Life Sciences Court Report - February 2020

About Life Sciences Court Report:  We will periodically report on recently filed biotech and pharma litigation. Allergan USA, Inc. v. Prollenium US Inc. 1-20-cv-00104; filed January 23, 2020 in the District Court of...more

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Allergan and Tribe Seek Review En Banc in Sovereign Immunity Dispute

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As we previously reported, a panel of the Federal Circuit in St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan held that “tribal immunity cannot be asserted in IPRs.” The Federal Circuit’s decision, if upheld, means that Allergan’s sale and...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

PTAB Holds Indian Tribes Don’t Offer an Out from IPR

In a highly anticipated decision on the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s motion to terminate inter partes review proceedings, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board rejected tribal sovereign immunity to IPRs. The PTAB’s decision also...more

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Allergan Sales, LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan Sales, LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., Civ. No. 2:15-cv-1471-JRG-RSP (Lead), 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176262 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 24, 2017) (Gilstrap, J.)....more

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Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz. Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz. Inc., Nos. 2017-1499, 2017-1500, 2017-1558, 2017-1559, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 26312 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 22, 2017) (Circuit Judges Moore, Mayer, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Hughes, J.)...more

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Allergan’s Mohawk Gambit May Be Doomed – PTAB Rethinks the Scope of Sovereign Immunity

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A few months ago, the Irish drug company Allergan moved to shield its key patents on its dry-eye drug Restasis from challenge at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent Office by assigning these patents to...more

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Allergan, Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan, Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2:15-CV-1455-WCB, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136445 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 25, 2017) (Bryson, C.J.). Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Restasis® (cyclosporine); U.S. Patents...more

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Allergan Sales, LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan Sales, LLC v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., Civ. No. 2:15-cv-01471-FRG-RSP, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127886 (E.D. Tex. July 25, 2017) (Payne, M.J.). Drug Product and U.S. Patent: Delzicol® (mesalamine); U.S....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Settling the Discoverability of Settlement Agreements

Settlement agreement between a co-defendant and plaintiff in a Hatch-Waxman patent litigation matter is discoverable, ruled Judge Bryson in Allergan, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-1455 (E.D. Tex.,...more

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Allergan, Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan, Inc. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 15-1455-WCB, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4545 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 12, 2017) (Bryson, J.). Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Restasis® (cyclosporine ophthalmic solution); U.S....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

PTAB Life Sciences Report -- Part II - April 2017

About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Allergan, Inc. - PTAB Petition: IPR2017-00576; filed...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

PTAB Life Sciences Report -- Part II - March 2017

About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents....more

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Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz, Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz, Inc., No. 12-cv-207-JRG, 15-cv-347-JRG, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135088 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2016) (Gilstrap, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Combigan® (brimonidine...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Purported Public Interest Group Challenges Drug Patent in Qui Tam Action

The intersection of patent law, drug regulations, creative lawyering, and commerce (if not outright greed) has once again arisen in a qui tam suit brought under 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–3733 (alleging fraud against the U.S....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Court Report - September 2016

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Horizon Therapeutics, Inc. v. Lupin Ltd. et al. 1:16-cv-04438; filed July 21, 2016 in the District Court of New Jersey -...more

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Allergan, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Civ. No. 15-cv-1455 (WCB), 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51851 (E.D. Tex. Apr. 19, 2016) (Bryson, J.) - Drug Product and Patent(s)-in-Suit: Restasis® (cyclosporine...more

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Allergan, Inc., v. Sandoz Inc.

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Case Name: Allergan, Inc., v. Sandoz Inc., Civ. No. 2014-1275, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 13616 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 4, 2015) (Circuit Judges Lourie, Linn, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Lourie, J.) (Appeal from E.D. Tex., Schneider,...more

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Lumigan Patents Upheld by Unexpected Results

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In Allergan, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court decision that upheld the validity of the Allergan patents relating to Lumigan® 0.01% glaucoma eye drops. This decision shows that it is still...more

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