by April Breyer Menon | Nov 22, 2019
Heralded as a less expensive, faster way to challenge patents, inter partes review (IPR) before the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has proven remarkably popular. IPR was first available on September 12 2012, and within days, the first petitions challenging...
by April Breyer Menon | Nov 11, 2019
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by April Breyer Menon | Nov 5, 2019
In an article for Biosimilar Development, Ha Kung Wong and Erica Norey discuss the potential impact of authorized biologics on the developing biosimilars market. The article draws upon experience with authorized generics in the small molecule drug market and...
by April Breyer Menon | Nov 4, 2019
On October 31, 2019, a Federal Circuit panel (Judges Moore, Reyna, and Chen), in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., No. 2018-2140, held that the appointment of administrative patent judges (APJs) by the Secretary of Commerce under Title 35 violates the...
by April Breyer Menon | Oct 16, 2019
In an article for Bloomberg Law, Venable partner Ha Kung Wong discusses how the U.S. patent system and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings affect pharmaceutical innovation. The article can be viewed here.