Thursday, Mar 18, 2010
A jury in New Jersey state court found in favor of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP on Thursday, handing down the first verdict to come out of more than 10,000 cases over claims that Seroquel causes diabetes.Thursday, Mar 11, 2010
People Protecting Patents LLC hauled Fujifilm Holdings Corp. into court Thursday over allegations that the company marks its disposable cameras with expired patents, following a similar suit the whistleblower filed against United Parcel Service Inc. the day before.Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010
A Texas appeals court has stripped $1 million from a $4.8 million award to a couple who claimed Johnson & Johnson Inc. subsidiary Centocor Inc.'s advertising misled them into thinking its Remicade drug was safe.Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010
Reconsidering a ruling in light of new case law, a California appeals court has again overturned class certification in a suit alleging Pfizer Inc. misled consumers about the benefits of using Listerine.Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010
Weeks after Johnson & Johnson Inc. appealed a federal court's ruling that four of its patents for drug-eluting stents are invalid, Boston Scientific Corp. has notified the court that it will also appeal parts of that case.Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010
A retired Philadelphia doctor has sued Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and B. Braun Medical Inc. alleging they falsely marked medical supplies and drugs — including schizophrenia treatment Risperdone — as patented.Monday, Mar 01, 2010
Pharmaceutical giant Wyeth Inc. and generic-drug maker Apotex Inc. have each asked a federal judge to rule in their favor in a patent infringement suit brought by Wyeth over Apotex's planned generic version of popular antidepressant Effexor.Friday, Feb 26, 2010
Johnson & Johnson unit LifeScan Inc. has recalled eight lots of its OneTouch SureStep blood glucose test strips — used by diabetics to monitor their glucose level — because the strips can produce falsely low readings.Thursday, Feb 25, 2010
A federal judge has awarded Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Corp. about $4.7 million in attorneys' costs and expert fees incurred during the defense of medical device maker MarcTec LLC's infringement suit over stent patents.Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have widened an investigation into Eli Lilly & Co. subsidiaries' compliance with a federal law that prohibits bribery of foreign officials, the company has disclosed.Monday, Feb 22, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked that the solicitor general weigh in on whether a whistleblower can bring kickback claims against Ortho Biotech Products LP after the alleged scheme was already revealed in a multidistrict litigation.Friday, Feb 19, 2010
Medical device company Hologic Inc. has agreed to pay $12.5 million to end a long-running patent battle with Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., putting to rest three lawsuits over biopsy products.Friday, Feb 19, 2010
Bayer Schering Pharma AG has hit Indian drugmaker Lupin Ltd. with a patent infringement suit over plans to introduce generic versions of Cipro, the branded form of anti-microbial drug ciprofloxacin.Thursday, Feb 18, 2010
A federal judge has ruled that Johnson & Johnson cannot amend its complaint to resurrect its breach of contract and anti-competitive conduct claims against Abbott Laboratories and Boston Scientific Corp. in a $5.5 billion suit over its failed bid to acquire Guidant Corp.Thursday, Feb 18, 2010
Responding to a patent infringement suit brought by Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., India-based generic-drug maker Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. has asked a federal judge to invalidate Ortho's patent for contraceptive Tri-Cyclen Lo.Thursday, Feb 18, 2010
Johnson & Johnson Inc. has appealed a federal court's ruling in favor of plaintiff Boston Scientific Corp. that four of J&J's patents for drug-eluting stents are invalid.Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld summary judgment for DePuy Spine Inc. on a customer's claims that the company negligently manufactured a spinal disc replacement product.Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010
A widower's case against Alza Corp. and Sandoz Inc. over an allegedly defective fentanyl pain patch will stay in federal court after a judge dismissed DVS Pharmacy Inc. from the suit, giving the court diversity jurisdiction.Tuesday, Feb 09, 2010
The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to confirm U.S. District Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.Tuesday, Feb 09, 2010
Woodcock Washburn LLP litigation practice leader Dianne Elderkin, who helped secure the largest patent litigation verdict in U.S. history, is leaving the firm with two fellow partners to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s Philadelphia office.| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next 10 Pages |