Vectura Limited v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:16-cv-00638

Court:

Delaware

Nature of Suit:

Patent

Judge:

Richard G. Andrews

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  1. October 05, 2020

    Fed. Circ. Mulls New Trial In Vectura's $107M Inhaler IP Win

    A Federal Circuit judge peppered Vectura Limited's counsel with tough questioning Monday, suggesting that attorneys for the U.K.-based pharmaceutical company defied a Delaware federal court's instructions during jury trial last year, which may warrant a retrial of the nearly $107 million verdict in an inhaler patent dispute.

  2. September 12, 2019

    Vectura Gets $10M Added To $90M Inhaler IP Award

    A Delaware federal judge on Thursday granted British pharma company Vectura's request for $10.5 million in supplemental damages in a case in which a jury found GlaxoSmithKline willfully infringed a patent covering inhalers, though the judge denied Vectura's bid for an additional $33 million in enhanced damages.

  3. June 27, 2019

    Vectura Demands Another $44M In Inhaler IP Clash

    British pharma company Vectura has asked a Delaware federal judge to pile another nearly $44 million onto the damages GlaxoSmithKline owes after a jury found GSK willfully infringed a patent covering inhalers, saying the company is still selling the products and doesn't plan to stop.

  4. June 14, 2019

    GSK Calls $90M Inhaler IP Damages 'Wildly Inflated'

    Vectura Ltd. won an $89.7 million patent infringement verdict against GlaxoSmithKline LLC by relying on flawed tests and inflating damages, GSK has told a Delaware federal judge in hopes of undoing its loss.

  5. May 03, 2019

    GlaxoSmithKline Hit With $89.7M Verdict For Inhaler IP

    A federal jury in Delaware on Friday found that GlaxoSmithKline LLC and Glaxo Group Ltd. owe $89.7 million to U.K.-based Vectura Limited for infringing a single claim of a patent covering features of three important Glaxo inhalers for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.