No. 24-1132

Purdue Pharma L.P., et al. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: federal-circuit non-obviousness obviousness patent-law pharmaceutical-innovation secondary-considerations
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, as this Court has held, the objective indicia of non-obviousness should be analyzed flexibly to combat hindsight bias or instead subject to the Federal Circuit's rigid rules restricting the inquiry.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the objective indicia of non-obviousness should be analyzed flexibly to combat hindsight bias or subject to the Federal Circuit's rigid rules restricting the inquiry

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-17
Reply of Purdue Pharma L.P., et al. submitted.
2025-06-17
2025-06-02
Brief of Accord Healthcare, Inc. in opposition submitted.
2025-06-02
2025-04-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 2, 2025)
2025-03-13
Application (24A879) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 30, 2025.
2025-03-10
Application (24A879) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 30, 2025 to April 30, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Accord Healthcare, Inc.
Alejandro MenchacaMcAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd., Respondent
Purdue Pharma L.P., et al.
Gregory George GarreLatham & Watkins LLP, Petitioner