Here is Think IP Strategy’s weekly selection of top Pharma & Biotech intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet.
Highlights this week included:
CAFC: Broad scope of statutory subject matter: Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services (Patently-O) (Filewrapper) (Patents4Life) (Patent Docs) (Inventive Step)
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General
Nations closer to pandemic vaccine framework, key negotiator says (IP Watch)
Differences in ratio of deaths to new cases for 6 cancer types in 14 WHO regions, with reference to income of region (KEI)
Australia: Australian Senate inquiry seeks submissions on ‘gene patent’ amendments (Patentology) (ipwars.com)
EU: A chance to comment on the Yeda reference, but you’d better be quick (The SPC Blog)
EU: The word is out: Patenting plant breeding methods – G 02/07 and G 01/08 making patentability of breeding methods harder if not impossible (IPEG)
France: Institut Pasteur v Abbott – A new episode on the AIDS patent dispute (Kluwer Patent Blog)
Spain: Can a generic that cannot be marketed be taken into account to include the ‘reference medicament’ in the price reference system? (Kluwer Patent Blog)
US: BIO sends letter to DOJ on ‘clear and convincing evidence’ question raised in Microsoft v. i4i (Patent Docs)
US: CAFC: Broad scope of statutory subject matter: Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services (Patently-O) (Filewrapper) (Patents4Life) (Patent Docs) (Inventive Step)
US: Lawsuit alleging infringement of canine genotyping patent raise interesting patent eligibility issues (Holman’s Biotech IP Blog)
US: Will Bessie, Porky, Puss and Poly get their meds? – FDA again seeking to restrict marketing of unapproved animal drugs (FDA Law Blog)
US: Notorious affiliate exclusion provision of PPACA repealed (FDA Law Blog)
US: Cephalon’s gambit in pay-to-delay (IPBiz)
US: Labcorp’s failed patent re-examination challenge at issue in contract dispute: Lab Corp. of Am. Holdings v Metabolite Labs (Patents Post Grant)
US: District Court Arizona: Question of whether to incur ‘substantial expenses’ for testing and clinical trials does not create substantial controversy sufficient to assert declaratory relief claim: W L Gore & Assoc. v GI Dynamics (Docket Report)
US: Correction of inventorship complaint: Salk Institute for Biological Studies v. Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc et al. (Patent Docs)
US: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center files patent infringement complaints against MMI Genomics and Biopet Vet based on their dog breed identification services (Patent Docs)
Products
Actonel (Risedronate) – US: Warner Chilcott files patent infringement complaint against Apotex following Para IV certification filing (Patent Docs)
Actos (Pioglitazone), Actoplus (Pioglitazone, Metformin) – US: Teva settles patent litigation with Takeda (The IP Factor)
Amlodipine – Spain: Supreme Court rules ‘Bolar provision’ may not be applied retrospectively and the provision is not simply a ‘clarification’ of the experimental use exception: Laboratorios Cinfa, S.A. v. Pfizer Ltd (Kluwer Patent Blog)
Boniva (Ibandronate) – US: Roche dodges Cobalt invalidity contention in Boniva patent suit (Patent Docs)
Boniva (Ibandronate) – US: Hoffman-La Roche files patent infringement suit against Mutual Pharmaceutical Company following Para IV certification filing (Patent Docs)
Botox (Botulinum) – EU: General Court confirms declarations of invalidity of BOTOLIST and BOTOCYL filed by Allergan: T-345/08 and T-357-08 (Class 46)
Detrol (Tolterodine) – US: Impax files for declaratory judgment of non-infringement against Pfizer following Para IV certification filing (Patent Docs)
Detrol (Tolterodine) – India: Misuse of post-grant opposition proceedings: Pfizer Health v Ranbaxy Labs/ Ltd. (Spicy IP)
Fentanyl – Germany: Supreme Court overrules Federal Patent Court’s restrictive interpretation in case of inconsistency between preamble and claim (EPLAW)
Fluvastatine – Belgium: Court of Appeal Brussels preliminarily enjoins Mylan from infringing Novartis’ patent (Kluwer Patent Blog)
Glucotrol (Glipizide) – US: Alza files patent infringement complaint against Mylan following Para IV certification filing (Patent Docs)
Hectorol (Doxercalciferol) – US: Sandoz requests 180-day exclusivity forfeiture decision for generic Hectorol (FDA Law Blog)
Metvixia (Methyl aminolevulinate) – US: CAFC: An ‘active ingredient’ of a drug must be present when the drug is administered: PhotoCure ASA v Kappos (JIPLP)
Oracea (Doxycycline) – US: Galderma files patent infringement complaint against Lupin following Para IV certification filing (Patent Docs)
Oxaliplatin – US: CAFC: Objectively ambiguous license agreement: Sanofi-Aventis v. Sandoz, Inc (IPBiz) (Patent Docs)
Plavix (Clopidogrel) – Brazil: Superior Court of Justice denies Plavix patent extension (IP tango)
Prandin (Repaglinide) – US: Novo Nordisk and Sandoz settle infringement claims in Prandin dispute (Patent Docs)
Prandin (Repaglinide) – US: Supreme Court petitioned to review Federal Circuit patent use code decision: Caraco v Novo Nordisk (FDA Law Blog)