As part of Hatch-Waxman litigation, CRA was asked to assess commercial success of Ofirmev, an injectable acetaminophen product for peri-operative use. The CRA team assessed the success of Ofirmev in the United States and another embodiment of the patents in the Big 5 European countries. CRA’s expert,. Dr. Gregory Bell, opined on commercial success as a secondary indicia of non-obviousness and opined that there was a nexus to the patents. Ultimately, the court agreed with Dr. Bell’s assessment and found for commercial success.
A look at Chinese courts’ new approach to IP damages
In this Law360 article, Fei Deng, Hong Qiao, and Yi Cheng examine the trend of Chinese courts toward awarding larger non-statutory damage awards in IP cases....