Category Archives: Inherency

Method of Treatment Efficacy Benchmarks Avoid Inherency Attack

In Galderma Labs. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-2396 and 2020-1213 (Fed. Cir,. January 29, 2020), a Fed. Cir. panel of Judges Moore, O’Malley and Stoll reversed a district court finding that three Galderma patents (US Pat. Nos. … Continue reading

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Honeywell International, Inc. v. Mexichem Amanco Holdings – Revenge of the Chemist Judges II

Before reading this post, please read my post of July 19, 2017 about Millennium Pharms. v. Sandoz, and you will “get” the title. Judges Lourie and Newman both dissented from refusal of the court to rehear the holding in Schering … Continue reading

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Allergan V. Sandoz – When Everything “Old” Is “New” Again

On Tuesday, a divided panel of the Fed. Cir. found that Allergan’s claimed method of reducing the number of daily topical doses of brimonidine to treat glaucoma from 3 to 2 doses by administering a composition containing 0.2% brimonidine and … Continue reading

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