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In re EMC Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent litigation against numerous defendants brought in the Eastern District of Texas, a petition for mandamus seeking to have cases severed and...

Caldera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Regents of the University of California

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit alleging fraud and breach of a patent license agreement, the trial court's grant of the defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings is...

Landmark Screens, LLC v. Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius, LLP

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Legal Malpractice
In a state-law fraud suit stemming from alleged acts of malpractice committed by a lawyer and his firm in connection with a patent application: 1) the...

Kappos v. Hyatt

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a civil action under 35 USC section 145 against the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) challenging the denial of a patent, the...

USPPS, Ltd. v. Avery Dennison Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Legal Malpractice
In a suit for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud arising out of a licensee's and law firm's alleged failure to secure a patent on the licensed...

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A S

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent infringement litigation between a brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturer and a generic manufacturer, the Federal Circuit's holding denying a...

Bayer Schering Pharma AG v. Lupin, Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In consolidated patent infringement actions brought by a pharmaceutical manufacturer against defendants who filed abbreviated new drug applications...

In re Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsule Patent Litigation

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In pharmaceutical patent infringement litigation: 1) the district court's judgment of invalidity of the plaintiffs' patents is reversed, where the...

Dey Pharma, LP v. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action by a second generic drug maker seeking a declaratory judgment that its product did not infringe a patent, and that the patent was...

Aventis Pharma S.A. v. Hospira, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent infringement litigation over pharmaceutical patents related to the administration of a chemotherapy cancer drug, the Federal Circuit affirms...