Addressing Breach Of Method-Of-Use Patents By Generics
Law360, New York (May 02, 2012, 1:04 PM ET) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 16, 2012, in Bayer Schering Pharma AG v. Sandoz Inc., Nos. 2011-1143, -1228 (Yasmin), affirmed a district court's holding that as a matter of law, generic drug makers could not infringe patent claims reciting a method of use of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug where the FDA had not approved the drug for the claimed uses, and where the FDA-approved labeling did not indicate instructions or intent to encourage the claimed use....
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