“Clever Labeling” of Prior Art Not Disclosed in Invalidity Contentions Insufficient to Satisfy District of New Jersey Local Patent Rules

A Special Discovery Master in Celgene Corp. v. Hetero Labs Ltd., No. 17-3387 (D.N.J. Mar. 29, 2021)1 recently issued a Report and Recommendation requiring defendants to move to amend their invalidity contentions to add dozens of prior art references that defendants’ experts relied on, but which defendants failed to disclose in their invalidity contentions. The court…