CAFC Limits Ability of Generics to Rely on Section viii Indication Carve-Outs

Inducement, Section viii Carve-Out

Last Friday (GSK v. Teva), a split panel of the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) may have drastically limited the effectiveness of Section viii carve-outs when it reinstated a $235 million jury verdict against Teva, concluding that substantial evidence supported the jury’s finding of induced infringement.  Patent owner GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) sued Teva in the District of Delaware…