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Squeezed Out! AstraZeneca overturns Wyeth’s $107.5M Infringement Award

Squeezed Out! AstraZeneca overturns Wyeth’s $107.5M Infringement Award

by David Eyre | Oct 6, 2026 | US & International

This decision overturned a $107.5 million infringement award. The CAFC held that Wyeth’s method of treatment claims were invalid for lack of enablement because the patent did not disclose to the skilled person how to identify a therapeutically effective daily...
When “Monotherapy” Means Monotherapy: A Cautionary Tale on Claim Interpretation and Added Matter at the EPO

When “Monotherapy” Means Monotherapy: A Cautionary Tale on Claim Interpretation and Added Matter at the EPO

by Chloe Sullivan | Sep 15, 2026 | EPO

Background The case concerned Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMS) European patent No. 3288980, which was directed to the treatment of PD-L1-positive melanoma by administering nivolumab as a monotherapy. The patent had previously been revoked by the Opposition Division for...
US Supreme Court Finds that Induced Infringement Requires More Than a Skinny Label

US Supreme Court Finds that Induced Infringement Requires More Than a Skinny Label

by Luke Pettit | Jul 30, 2026 | US & International

As a reminder, this case addresses how the Hatch-Waxman act “carve-out” provisions (which has led to the emergence of “skinny labels”) interacts with US law on induced patent infringement. This case is the first time the US Supreme Court has had the opportunity to...
Formulation PTEs on the chopping block down under

Formulation PTEs on the chopping block down under

by Alyson Lam | Jul 28, 2026 | US & International

On 16–17 June 2026, the Court heard Otsuka’s appeal in Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v Sun Pharma ANZ Pty Ltd. The appeal challenges the Full Federal Court’s finding that formulation patents are not eligible for patent term extensions (PTEs). The decision, expected in...
A Precedential Decision by the US Court of Appeal Holds Engineered Host Cells to be Patent Eligible

A Precedential Decision by the US Court of Appeal Holds Engineered Host Cells to be Patent Eligible

by David Eyre | Mar 4, 2026 | US & International

Background  REGENXBIO and the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania sued Sarepta for infringing multiple claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,526,617, which is directed to cultured host cells containing a recombinant nucleic acid molecule encoding an AAV capsid sequence...
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