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Wellbutrin (Bupropion) – US: An employee benefit plan files motion to certify class action against Biovail and GlaxoSmithKline alleging companies conspired to delay generic Wellbutrin by filing baseless patent suits (GenericsWeb)

Emend (Fosaprepitant dimeglumine) – US: FDA issues exclusivity decision for Merck’s Emend; Agency reverses course and grants NCE exclusivity (FDA Law Blog)

Strattera (Atomoxetine) – US: District Court New Jersey finds Teva, Actavis, Mylan, Sun, Sandoz, Apotex and Aurobindo induced infringement of Eli Lilly’s Strattera patent (Patent Docs)

Patent protection – an eternal topic of R&D-oriented drug companies (China IP)

Fair comments on ‘fake drugs’? – Response to IP Watch article ‘Fake scare about fake drugs’ (Spicy IP)

Patents and crop diversity (Patently-O)

Top Stories of 2009 (Patent Docs) (Patent Docs) (Patent Docs)

SPC resources (SPC Blog)

EU: Paediatric exclusivities: a new article – ‘Paediatric exclusivities in Europe – a quest for the holy grail?’ (The SPC Blog)

India: Reviewing the Indian Patent Regime after 5 years of the introduction of the pharmaceutical product patent regime (Spicy IP)

UK: Department of Health proposing generic prescription drugs option (GenericsWeb)

US: 7^th Circuit: Enforcing contracts between joint owners: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) v. Xenon Pharma (Patently-O)

US: Universities well positioned as pharma companies scramble to refill pipelines (Technology Transfer Tactics)

US: Paratek Pharaceuticals seeks review and correction of patent term adjustment calculation for patent covering ‘9-Aminomethyl Substituted Minocycline Compounds’ (Patent Docs)

US: Tulane University seeks correction of inventorship for patents covering peptide analogs of the human glucagon-like peptide hormone: Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund et al. v. Ipsen Pharma, S.A.S. et al. (Patent Docs)

Angiomax (Bivalirudin) – US: Medicines Company files patent infringement complaints against Pliva Hrvatska and Teva following Para IV challenge (Patent Docs) (Patent Docs) (IP Factor)

Emend (Fosaprepitant dimeglumine) – US: FDA issues exclusivity decision for Merck’s Emend; Agency reverses course and grants NCE exclusivity (FDA Law Blog)

Gemzar (Gemcitabine) – US: Eli Lilly in new patent fight for chemotherapy drug (GenericsWeb)

Humira (Adalimumab) – US: As Abbott appeals, Centocor seeks continuing damages in Humira dispute (Patent Docs)

Meridia (Sibutramine) – US: Abbot files patent infringement suit against Apotex following Para IV challenge (Patent Docs)

Solodyn (Minocycline) – US: Medicis files patent infringement complaint against Barr Laboratories and Teva following Para IV challenge (Patent Docs)

Strattera (Atomoxetine) – US: District Court New Jersey finds Teva, Actavis, Mylan, Sun, Sandoz, Apotex and Aurobindo induced infringement of Eli Lilly’s Strattera patent (Patent Docs)

Viagra (Sildenafil) – Austria: Supreme Court (Oberste Gerichtshof) finds ‘Styriagra’ branded organic blue pills take unfair advantage of Pfizer’s Viagra trade mark (IPKat) (Austrotrabant’s Blog)

Viagra (Sildenafil) – Israel Court issues stiff sentence to fake Viagra distributors (IP Factor)

Wellbutrin (Bupropion) – US: An employee benefit plan files motion to certify class action against Biovail and GlaxoSmithKline alleging companies conspired to delay generic Wellbutrin by filing baseless patent suits (GenericsWeb)

Zyprexa (Olanzapine) – UK: Dr Reddy’s challenge to Eli Lilly’s Olanzapine patent fails (Spicy IP)