Our monthly newsletter reports on the patent law developments in biotech, biologics and pharmaceutical cases, legislation and federal agency actions. This month’s issue covers relevant news from December 2019, including: The Solicitor General, on behalf of the US, asserts that the Supreme Court’s Section 101 precedent creates “substantial uncertainty” requiring clarification The Federal Circuit holds that there is no single entity equirement for infringement under section 271(g) A district court holds that, under certain circumstances,…

Our monthly newsletter reports on the patent law developments in biotech, biologics and pharmaceutical cases, legislation and federal agency actions. This month’s issue covers relevant news from November 2019, including: Federal Circuit affirms the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”)’s application of the “blocking patent” doctrine as applied to objective indicia of non-obviousness District court orders production of privileged documents reviewed by a Rule 30(b)(6) witness in preparation for her deposition More patent-busting draft legislation…

Although the U.S. Supreme Court recently denied certiorari in Acorda Therapeutics v. Roxane Laboratories, which sought review of the “blocking patent” doctrine, expecting the doctrine’s appearance in obviousness cases across all technologies is logical and will undoubtedly speed the development of the law on a number of unanswered questions. Partner David Manspeizer explains further in an article for Law360 . Click here to read more.…