The Court in AbbVie’s patent fight over Humira with Boehringer Ingelheim said that it “seems clear enough” that AbbVie had a patenting program designed to mitigate biosimilar entry for Humira®.  Though AbbVie clearly danced around ways to avoid producing much of its behind-the-scenes strategizing for building a patent estate sizeable enough to practically coerce settlements, the Court has ordered AbbVie to pull up its skirt.

Merck ($MRK) lost a $200M patent judgment against Gilead ($GILD) after the Court found that Merck engaged in business and litigation misconduct.  Merck is now appealing to the Supreme Court, asking to resurrect that judgment.  Will it prevail?