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Sanofi-Aventis v. Pfizer – Possession and Appreciation Trump Structure

On Tuesday, the Fed. Cir. affirmed a finding by the Board that Pfizer was entitled to an earlier priority date for a claim to  cDNA encoding the IL-13 receptor protein (Sanofi-Aventis v. Pfizer, Inc., App. No. 2012-1345 (Fed. Cir. November … Continue reading

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Federal Circuit Reverses District Court's Finding that Generic Eloxatins do not Infringe Sanofi's Patent

In my June 22, 2009 post, I discussed the district court decision that found a claim to optically-pure oxaliplatin (U.S. Pat. No 5,338,874) not infringed by defendants who made it by processes other than the HPLC process disclosed in the … Continue reading

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