Posts Tagged: eli lilly
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Ruling That Prior Art and FDA Skepticism Supports Non-Obviousness Finding
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB's) decision upholding the patentability of Eli Lilly & …
Rule 36 Affirmances at the Federal Circuit – Week of October 8, 2018
During the week of October 8, 2018, there were five cases involving patents that were decided without an opinion as a result of Rule 36 affirmances at the United States …
Eli Lilly patent covering Alimta lung cancer treatment upheld in final written decision from PTAB
On Thursday, October 5th, a final written decision issued by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) upheld a series of 22 claims from a patent owned by …
Drug Product Pipelines: Potential Blockbusters?
Drug manufactures spend billions of dollars in R&D and it takes years to get FDA approvals and patent protection. It is vital that these companies keep …
What happens when lifestyle drugs like Viagra and Cialis lose patent protections?
Each year, millions of men rely on pharmaceuticals like Viagra and Cialis for their erectile dysfunction (ED), but they may not be the only ones facing dysfunctionalities. …
CAFC sides with L.A. Biomedical Research over Eli Lilly in two IPRs challenging penile fibrosis patent
LAB sued Eli Lilly & Company, alleging marketing of the drug Cialis induced infringement of LAB’s patent. Eli Lilly subsequently requested that the Board conduct inter partes …
Teva Liable for Induced Infringement of Eli Lilly’s Lung Cancer Drug ALIMTA
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Akamai V broadened the circumstances in which the actions of others may be attributed to a single actor to support liability …
Amici led by Eli Lilly file brief in Supreme Court in support of Sequenom certiorari petition
Rather than use the word 'conflate' to describe the mongrel mixture of patentability requirements the Supreme Court undertook in Mayo, the Eli Lilly brief characterizes the analysis …
Injectable migraine treatment being developed by Alder, Eli Lilly, Amgen and others
Migraines are the result of a hereditary neurological disorder which causes certain areas of the brain to become over-excited, creating the throbbing pain and increased sensitivity to …
What the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia means for SCOTUS patent jurisprudence
While Justice Scalia served on the Supreme Court for nearly three decades, his contributions to the area of intellectual property law were quite limited. Scalia did famously …
Eli Lilly prevails in divided infringement Alimta® patent case
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ruled in favor of Eli Lilly (NASDAQ: LLY), issuing a final judgment in the Hatch-Waxman infringement …
Merck, Pfizer and Eli Lilly patenting to stay ahead of patent cliff
The early months of 2015 have been interesting ones for the pharmaceutical industry, an incredibly valuable industry sector that comes under our focus from time to time here …
Top 10 Patents for 2014
Today, we’re picking the best inventions for which corporations from the Companies We Follow series have actually earned patent rights from the U.S. Patent and …
Eli Lilly Patents Treatment for HIV and Ebola Virus
We saw in our coverage of Eli Lilly’s patent applications a number of recently developed medications for the management of conditions like diabetes and inflammatory diseases, …
Eli Lilly Expects Challenging 2014 Due to Patent Expirations
'With the U.S. patent expiration of Cymbalta last December and that of Evista coming in March, we expect 2014 to be the most financially challenging year of …
