In Eli Lilly & Co. et al. v. Mylan et al., No. 14-cv-0389, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30175 (S.D. Indiana March 12, 2015), the District Court denied a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The Issue. Eli Lilly and friends filed a lawsuit against Mylan based on Mylan’s ANDA for Effient®, an anti-thrombotic drug…
Judge Hochberg of the District of New Jersey just issued an opinion finding two patents covering Warner Chilcott’s osteoporosis drug Altevia® (risedronate) invalid for obviousness. Warner Chilcott, LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26207 (D.N.J. March 4, 2015). This case demonstrates the importance of challenging whether alleged unexpected properties and skepticism…
A recent decision by the PTAB highlights two unsuccessful arguments by a patent owner attempting to prevent institution of an IPR. Petitioner, Johnson Matthey Inc. and two others, filed an IPR petition against U.S. Pat. No. 8,129,431 (“the ‘431 patent”). The patent relates to an aqueous liquid preparation named Prolensa, consisting of essentially two components:…