Tag Archives: Federal Circuit

Allergan v. Sun – A Glidant Slips Past the Written Description Requirement

The most interesting part of this decision by the Fed. Cir. (No. 24- 1061, Aug. 13, 2024) is that the court was faced with an argument by Sun that Allergan’s claims in U.S. Pat. No.11,311,516 et al. are invalid as … Continue reading

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Qualcomm v. Apple – Pyrrhic Victory for Qualcomm?

So far, it’s been a slow year for jurisprudence in the life sciences, so I thought I would take a look at the somewhat quirky decision in Qualcomm, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., Appeal nos. 2020-1558, -1559 (Fed. Cir., February 1, … Continue reading

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Chemours Co. v. Daikin Industries – Back to Some IP Basics

After trying to untie the Gordian knot of patent eligibility, it is almost IP comfort food to read a Fed. Cir. decision that deals with obviousness. In Chemours Co. FC, LLC v Daikin Industries, Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2020-1289 and 2020-1290 … Continue reading

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Biogen v. Serano – When is a Recombinant Polypeptide Novel?

When I posted about this Fed. Cir. decision (Biogen MA v. EMD Serano, Appeal no. 2019-1133 (Fed. Cir., Sept. 28, 2020) on October 12, 2020, I viewed it as a straightforward application of the maxim that an otherwise non-novel product … Continue reading

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