Patent Docs

Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. True Health Diagnostics LLC (Fed. Cir. 2017) By Kevin E. Noonan -- Most people have had the experience of becoming lost and, having arrived at their destination, realizing that it was only one false turn that caused their confusion. For those with a physics background one can recall the feature of vector calculus that a small displacement at a...

GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc. (D. Del. 2017) District Court Overrules Defendants' Objections to Magistrate's Report on Lost Profits By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this month, in GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware issued a Memorandum Order...

Webinar on Labeling and Induced Infringement in Pharma Patent Litigation Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Labeling and Induced Infringement in Pharma Patent Litigation and Protecting IP Rights" on July 13, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Thomas L. Irving and Barbara R. Rudolph of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will provide guida...

Novartis AG v. Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Fed. Cir. 2017) By Andrew Williams -- Can a prior art reference that does not contain a teaching sufficient enough to allow it to be used in an obviousness combination nevertheless be used as a background reference for evidence of motivation to combine? Moreover, does it matter if an adjudicating body had concluded...

PTAB Life Sciences Report -- Part I By John Cravero -- About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Reckitt Benckiser LLC v. Ansell Healthcare Products LLC PTAB Petition: IPR2017-00063; filed October 12, 2016. PTAB Trial Instituted; entered February 1, 2017...

Conference & CLE Calendar February 21, 2017 - "Structuring Collaborative Agreements in Life Sciences -- Drafting Terms to Expand Product Lines, Reduce Costs and Risks, and Leverage and Protect Assets" (Strafford) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) February 22, 2017 - "Patent-Eligibility Update: Abstract Ideas in the Federal Circuit and...