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Amgen v. Hoffmann-LaRoche: Remaining Issues

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin E. Noonan -- On October 2, 2008, Judge William Young of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts issued his 150-page opinion in Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. , Amgen's patent infringement suit over Roche's Mircera® drug product (see "Victory for Amgen in District Court Decision - Part I"). On October 23, 2007, Amgen received a jury verdict that Amgen's patents-in-suit (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,547,933; 5,441,868; 5,618,698; 5,955,422; and 5,756,349) were not invalid and Mircera® infringed the claims of the '933, '868 and '698 patents (see "Amgen Survives Another EPO Challenge"). Thereafter, Judge Young entered...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on October 14, 2008 (boomark / email).