May 14, 2024
The Federal Circuit opted Tuesday not to say whether a 2005 public health law provides any legal immunity in a patent dispute between rival manufacturers of COVID-19 test swabs, leaving the thorny question unanswered.
December 04, 2023
Puritan Medical Products told the Federal Circuit it's immune from a rival's patent suit over COVID-19 test swabs due to a law that shields certain activity aimed at resolving the spread of a disease during a public health emergency, but the panel didn't seem sure it was its place to decide.
November 22, 2022
Health care manufacturer Puritan Medical Products has urged the Federal Circuit to reverse a lower court's decision that refused to trim a rival's patent suit against it over medical testing swabs, arguing that U.S. law grants Puritan immunity for activities related to resolving the global pandemic.