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The most important factor in determining whether an exclusive license transfers sufficient rights to render the licensee the owner of the patent is the nature and scope of the licensor’s retained right to sue accused infringers

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 18 2010

The patents-in-suit disclosed and claimed cochlear implants and related technologies used to improve hearing

In determining patent term extensions under 35 U.S.C. 156, the statutory term “active ingredient” means the product, not the active moiety of the product, that is present in the approved drug

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2010

The patentee owned a patent to a chemical compound MAL hydrochloride (“MAL”), which was patented and received FDA approval to treat precancerous cell growths on the skin

For purposes of determining patent term extension under 35 U.S.C 156, an enantiomer has consistently been recognized, by the FDA and the PTO, as a different “drug product” from its racemate

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2010

The patent-in-suit covered an antimicrobial compound having the common name levofloxacin, and is the levorotatory enantiomer of the racemate ofloxacin, which is a known antimicrobial product

Novo Nordisk AS v Caraco Pharm. Labs., Ltd

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 23 2010

The Hatch-Waxman Act only authorizes a counterclaim to correct or delete a patent number or expiration date listed in the FDA Orange Book; an ANDA defendant does not have standing to challenge any other listed information, including the use code description

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 16 2010

When infringement is not at issue, a lawsuit for breach of know-how and patent license agreement does not arise under patent law