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On June 23, 2025, the Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to submit a brief expressing the views of the United States—dramatically increasing the likelihood that the Court will eventually grant review—in Hikma...more
I recently learned of Eli Lilly & Co.’s (“Lilly”) recent lawsuit against FDA from Nicole DeFeudis, who interviewed me for her Endpoints News story about the case. Lilly’s lawsuit, filed in September 2024 in the Southern...more
In view of the Supreme Court's "long conference" on September 30th, it seems timely to review the arguments, pro, con, and amicus briefs submitted to the Court asking for certiorari over the Federal Circuit's In re...more
Ever since the Supreme Court's decision in Dickinson v. Zurko, federal courts (including the Federal Circuit) are compelled under the Administrative Procedures Act to review factual determinations by the U.S. Patent and...more
One of the anticipated consequences of the Supreme Court's Loper decision is that it will unleash judges to impose their statutory interpretations of administrative agencies' applications of the law within their areas of...more
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., has garnered significant attention, especially concerning the application of the “safe harbor” provision under 35 U.S.C. §...more
There now is increased interest about the written description and enablement requirements for patent applications claiming antibodies. This may stem from the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Amgen v. Sanofi, finding lack...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies accused of violating antitrust laws by using reverse payments to delay entry of a generic version of a...more
In 2023, a lawsuit that had wound its way through the judicial system for nearly 10 years finally had its day in the U.S. Supreme Court – and made waves in the biotechnology, chemical and pharmaceutical communities. Our...more
Eight months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the enablement requirement in the May 18, 2023, Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi decision.[1] Although the court did not change the law, affirming the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more
In those (in retrospect) halcyon days more than a decade ago (before Mayo, Myriad, Alice, and the subject matter eligibility quagmire arose), perhaps the most significant Supreme Court decision was KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex...more
Patent offices may reject a patent application with claims reciting using a composition to treat a disease, based on the requirement that the claimed treatment is not fully supported by the application. In the U.S., such...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down broad patent claims covering a “genus” of antibodies, reaffirming in a 9-0 decision that a patent must “enable” the full scope of its claims (Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi). Amgen, Inc.,...more
It is not surprising that the Federal Circuit has taken the opportunity to apply the Supreme Court's recent precedent in Amgen v. Sanofi regarding the sufficiency of disclosure needed to satisfy the statutory enablement...more
The Court’s reasoning in Amgen v. Sanofi upholds the Federal Circuit’s long-standing requirement to enable the full scope of a claimed invention. Since the Patent Act of 1790, patent law has required describing inventions...more
This month, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, the closely watched case involving the enablement standard for patent claims, particularly as applied to functionally defined genus claims. Genus...more
In May, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, which addressed the statutory enablement requirement for patents. The decision is consistent with ongoing efforts to strike a...more
What do telegraphic communications, incandescent lamps, wood veneering glues, and antibodies have in common? Nothing. That is of course, until May 18, 2023, when the Supreme Court ruled that Amgen’s antibody claims, like...more
The Supreme Court of the United States has denied certiorari in the Teva v. GSK “skinny labeling” case, leaving intact the Federal Circuit’s August 2021 decision, which we summarized online here. In the article below, we...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in the much-anticipated Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi case. See 598 U.S. ___, No. 21-757, 2023 WL 3511533 (May 18, 2023). In so doing, the Court maintained the...more
On May 19, 2023, the Supreme Court in Amgen v. Sanofi, No. 21-757, unanimously held that the claims of two Amgen patents, both directed to a genus of potentially millions of antibodies, are invalid because the patents failed...more
Amgen Inc. et al. v. Sanofi et al., No. 22-157 (U.S. 2023) - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has affirmed the Federal Circuit’s decision invalidating Amgen’s patent claims covering a genus of antibodies...more
The case of Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, U.S., No. 21-757 dealt with patent law’s “enablement” requirement. Essentially, the Court affirmed 150 years of precedent requiring the invention to be described “‘in such full, clear,...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided a closely watched case regarding patent law’s enablement requirement, Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi. The Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit’s decision that Amgen’s patent claims were invalid,...more
The legal standard for enablement – the statutory requirement under 35 USC § 112 that a patent must enable those skilled in the art to “make and use” the claimed invention – remains unchanged after the US Supreme Court...more