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Sandoz Sues To Invalidate Prostate Cancer Drug Patent
Generic drugmaker Sandoz AG is suing to invalidate a patent for a prostate cancer drug similar to that sold by Astellas Pharma Inc. under the [...]
Faegre Drinker is Seeking an IP Senior Attorney – Patent Prosecution
Faegre Drinker is actively recruiting a Senior Attorney to join the Patent Practice of the Intellectual Property practice group in its Indianapolis, IN, or Fort [...]
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What IP Attys Should Know About Enablement After Amgen
The same patent enablement standard that has existed for centuries must be applied to modern antibody patents, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week, prompting [...]
First Citizens Slaps HSBC With $1B SVB Trade Secrets Suit
Shortly after acquiring the recently failed Silicon Valley Bank, First Citizens Bank learned that HSBC was in the midst of "plundering" confidential and proprietary information [...]
Showtime's 'Penny Dreadful' Stole Online Character, Suit Says
A writer is suing Showtime and the makers of the show "Penny Dreadful" in California federal court, accusing them of ripping off her Victorian protagonist [...]
Reactions to Amgen: Hard Work Ahead for Biotech Innovators and Attorneys Trying to Enable Genus Claims
As most in the IP world know by now, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Amgen v. Sanofi on Thursday, holding that the [...]
LifeWallet Holder Says Founder Not Entitled to $12.5M Claim
The holder of the LifeWallet software on Monday said its co-founder isn't entitled to a claim for $12.5 million because his name is not individually [...]
Drywall Co. Can't 'Backdoor' Purple TM Rights, Jury Hears
A company that sells shower building materials urged an Illinois federal jury Monday to reject accusations that several of its products infringe a major drywall [...]
PTAB To Review Google Patents Amid IP Fights With Sonos
As jurors in San Francisco began deliberating in Sonos Inc.'s high-profile lawsuit against Google, the tech giant faced a ruling from the Patent Trial and [...]
PTAB Hands Epic A Loss But Splits On 'Extrinsic' Evidence
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has rejected Epic Games' attempt to knock out patents that its blockbuster Fortnite video game was accused of infringing, [...]
Teva Accused Of Asthma Inhaler Antitrust Scheme
Teva was hit with a suit on Monday in Massachusetts federal court that alleges the pharmaceutical giant ran a nearly decadelong anticompetitive scheme to delay [...]
Del. Judge Won't Shut Down Disclosure Probe Into IP Suits
Delaware's chief federal judge has refused to call off his probe into a patent owner's third-party litigation funding despite contentions that his document request is [...]
High Court's Ethics Statement Places Justices Above The Law
The U.S. Supreme Court justices' disappointing statement on the court's ethics principles and practices reveals that not only are they satisfied with a status quo [...]
Google, Ohio Marketing Biz Cut Deal Over Deceptive TM Use
Google and a business marketing company have agreed to a permanent injunction to end the tech giant's claims the marketer pretended to be a Google [...]
Justices Won't Eye Rulings Over Hirshfeld PTAB Decisions
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not review a pair of cases where patent owners argued that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's [...]
Copyright Group Backs RIAA In 2nd Circ. Music Scraping Row
An alliance of more than 2 million copyright holders has thrown its support behind the Recording Industry Association of America in its Second Circuit feud [...]
Amazon's $3.2M Atty Fee Bid Flops Over Formatting Flub
A California federal judge has wiped out Amazon's bid to add more than $3 million in attorney fees to an already more than $5 million [...]
Warhol Decision May Lead To Copyright Licensing Spike
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith opinion, which focused on the commercial use of "Orange Prince" rather than Warhol's artistic process, [...]
GoPro Says Failed Patent Suit Was 'Rotten At Its Core'
The camera technology company GoPro says a failed lawsuit filed by a man who claimed to have been the first to invent a new way [...]
Quinn Emanuel Hires Pinsent Atty To Launch London IP Team
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP said Monday that it was hiring a Pinsent Masons LLP partner to launch its intellectual property litigation practice in [...]
This Week in Washington IP: Government Funding of Decarbonization, the State of Black-owned Businesses, and U.S. Tech Diplomacy
This week in Washington IP news, Congress is having a relatively quiet week, but the House will further discuss the impact of Pharmacy Benefit Managers [...]
Jewelry Co. Opposes Rival's $306K Fee Bid In Copyright Suit
An online jewelry retailer who filed an unsuccessful copyright suit against a rival urged a New York federal magistrate judge to deny the rival's request [...]
High Court Amgen Patent Ruling Promotes Medical Innovation
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week in Amgen v. Sanofi — the first to enforce the patent enablement requirement in a biotech setting — [...]
