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Will “method-of-use thickets” grow from SCOTUS denial of the GSK v. Teva skinny label case?
Bad facts make bad law. The case of GlaxoSmithKline’s lawsuit over Teva’s generic Coreg® drug is a case-in-point. I previously blogged about the case here and here. Given that the Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari, we’re now stuck with Federal Circuit precedent holding that a generic can still face liability for induced infringement of a method-of-use patent covering a section viii carved-out indication. What will be the consequences of this?