The Federal Circuit recently dismissed an appeal of an adverse IPR decision by a generic pharmaceutical company for lack of Article III standing, finding that the company—which had yet to file an ANDA—had not suffered an injury-in-fact. The underlying IPR, originally filed by Apotex, involved U.S. Patent No. 9,187,405 (directed to methods of treating multiple […]
Around the same time the Federal Circuit decided that a prospective ANDA customer lacked declaratory judgment standing in AIDS Healthcare, reported on here, it held that a prospective ANDA filer has standing to appeal a PTAB decision. In Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Paragon Bioteck, Inc., No. 2017-1487 (Fed. Cir. May 2, 2018), a sharply-divided panel found […]
The Federal Circuit recently held that a healthcare provider did not have standing to bring a declaratory judgment action where its only interest was as a purchaser of potential generic versions of the patented drug. AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., No. 2016-2475 (Fed. Cir. May 11, 2018). The court held that absent direct […]
Last week, the Federal Circuit held in Phigenix, Inc. v. Immunogen, Inc. that a party must be able to prove injury in fact in order to challenge an inter partes review decision in Federal Court. (Fed. Cir. Jan. 9, 2017). Specifically, while any party may challenge a patent via IPR regardless of Article III standing, […]