Wilmington, DE – Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly & Company has won patent infringement protection of the drug Lilly’s drug ALIMTA drug, which is a chemotherapy drug used to treat mesothelioma and other lung cancers. Lilly co-owns the patent with Princeton University. The lawsuit arose from an Abbreviated New Drug Application…
Washington, D.C. – In an unusual decision; the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed attorney’s fees and sanctions against a plaintiff who filed a meritless patent infringement lawsuit and committed other litigation misconduct. The case was appealed from the Western District of Washington, which had awarded…
South Bend, IN – A patent infringement lawsuit that was originally filed in the District Court of Delaware was transferred to the Northern District of Indiana. Patent lawyers for Gian Biologics LLC of Delaware filed a patent infringement suit in the District Court of Delaware alleging Biomet, Inc. of…
Indiana patent attorneys obtained issuance of the following 110 patents from the US Patent Office to persons and businesses in Indiana in July, 2011: PAT. NO. TITLE 1 RE42,576 Human spinal disc prosthesis 2 D642,303 Front portion of a vehicle headlamp 3 D642,242 Faucet wand 4 D642,241 Faucet hub …
Washington, D.C. – Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly & Co. won a lawsuit against seven other pharmaceutical companies that sought FDA approval to sell competing drugs that would have utilized Lilly’s patented drug formula. The seven defendants, Actavis Elizabeth LLC, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Sandoz Inc., Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Apotex Inc., Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.,…
The US Trademark Office issued the following 135 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in July, 2011, based on applications filed by Indiana Trademark Attorneys: Reg. Number Mark Click to View 1 4,002,571 LILLY FOR BETTER HEALTH VIEW 2 4,002,545 FLOWALKING VIEW 3 4,002,518 MIDWEST WIND &…
Indianapolis, IN – Indiana, like eighteen other states, has a right to publicity law that can be described as the right to control the commercial use of one’s identity. The right to publicity, sometimes called personality rights, are state law rights, unlike most intellectual property rights, which are federal…
Indianapolis, IN – There have been further updates to the Hard Drive Productions case in the Southern District of Indianathat Intellectual Property Law News has been closely following. The Hard Drive case is one of three similar copyright infringement lawsuits in the Southern District of Indiana all involving file sharing…
Indianapolis, IN – A trademark infringement lawsuit filed in Hamilton County, Indiana Superior Court was removed to Southern District of Indiana. Trademark lawyers for Saeilo Enterprises, Inc. of Pearl River, New York had filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in the Hamilton County Superior Court alleging Scottwerx LLC of LaCrescenta,…
Indianapolis, IN – Patent lawyers for Eli Lilly Company of Indianapolis, Indiana filed a patent infringement judgment suit in the Southern District of Indiana alleging APP Pharmaceuticals LLC of Schaumburg, Illinois infringed patent no.7,772,209 , Antifolate combination therapies, which has been issued by the US Patent Office. The complaint states…