Alvotech Goes to Court with Patent Dispute against AbbVie
shot by IP News Shots / 7:31 pm on 12 May, 2021
Alvotech ehf. has filed a complaint with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against AbbVie Inc. The plaintiff asserted that four patents for AbbVie’s Humira are invalid and are keeping biosimilars out of the US market. Alvotech stated that the patents are ‘dubious’ implying they are invalid and unenforceable.
Read More at: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/abbvies-patents-on-humira-challenged-by-alvotech
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer Challenges uniQure Patents at the PTAB
shot by IP News Shots / 7:30 pm on 12 May, 2021
Pfizer Inc. has challenged two patents belonging to uniQure N.V. at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Pfizer has asserted that the two hemophilia patents that they have challenged do not contain any new idea and need to be invalidated.
Read More at: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/pfizer-files-ipr-challenge-to-uniqure-hemophilia-patents
Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals
CAFC Affirms PacBio’s Patent Dispute Loss
shot by IP News Shots / 7:29 pm on 12 May, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has affirmed a patent invalidity ruling by the US District Court for the District of Delaware against Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. (PacBio) The lower court had found that the DNA sequencing patents, that PacBio has accused Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc. of infringing upon, were invalid based on lack of enablement. The CAFC judge agreed with the reasoning provided by the lower court for the invalidity of the two patents.
Read More at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ip-pacbio-patents-idUSKBN2CS2TP
Industry: Biotechnology
Insulet Presents its Argument in Patent Trial against Roche
shot by IP News Shots / 7:28 pm on 12 May, 2021
Insulet Corp. presented its argument as a patent infringement trial against Roche Holding AG began. The medical device maker asserted that Roche rushed to manufacture their tubeless insulin pumps before Insulet’s patent expired so that they could be ahead of their competitors.
Read More at: https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1383433
Industry: Healthcare Equipment & Supplies, Healthcare Technology
Vulcan and Kerr Machine Resolve Patent Dispute, Dismiss Lawsuit and Appeal
shot by IP News Shots / 7:26 pm on 12 May, 2021
Vulcan Industrial Manufacturing and Kerr Machine Co. have settled a patent dispute between them. As part of the settlement, the companies have also withdrawn an appeal filed in the case with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) along with the lawsuit filed at the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Read More at: https://www.law360.com/articles/1383245/fed-circ-appeal-dropped-challenging-albright-s-comments-
Industry: Machinery
CAFC Reverses Patent Validity Ruling, Deals a Blow to Samba
shot by IP News Shots / 7:25 pm on 12 May, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has reversed a ruling that upheld a patent belonging to Free Stream Media Corp. doing business as Samba. The CAFC ruled that the targeted ad patent was not valid as it was based on an abstract idea.
Read More at: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/samba-tv-targeted-ad-patent-invalidated-as-abstract-on-appeal
Industry: Entertainment, Media