Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Patent Law Blogs -> Patent Docs

Patent Law

: Patent Docs

Amgen Inc. v. International Trade Commission (Fed. Cir. 2009)

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

By Andrew Williams -- Last year, a panel of the Federal Circuit affirmed the International Trade Commission's (ITC's) grant of summary judgment against Amgen in its attempts to block importation of Roche's Micera® peglylated erythropoietin product. At the time, Patent Docs provided a detailed report of the decision and its implications. As a review, in an decision authored by Judge Newman, and joined by Judge Lourie, the Federal Circuit affirmed the ITC's interpretation of the interactions of 19 U.S.C. § 1337, 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1) and § 271 (g), finding that the safe harbor provision of § 271(e)(1), which protects...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on May 05, 2009 (boomark / email).