LAIPLALAIPLA
LAIPLALAIPLA
  • About
    • About LAIPLA
    • Ambassador Outreach Program
    • Board of Directors
    • Committees
    • Administration
    • Member Firms and Companies
    • Past Presidents
    • Recent Past Presidents
    • Public Service Award
    • Diversity Fellowship
    • Bylaws
  • Events
  • Membership
  • Sponsorship
  • IP Blogs
  • Contact
  • About
    • About LAIPLA
    • Ambassador Outreach Program
    • Board of Directors
    • Committees
    • Administration
    • Member Firms and Companies
    • Past Presidents
    • Recent Past Presidents
    • Public Service Award
    • Diversity Fellowship
    • Bylaws
  • Events
  • Membership
  • Sponsorship
  • IP Blogs
  • Contact

Medicines Co. v. Hospira: “On Sale” Bar

July 11, 2016| in Wegner's Writings| by Hal Wegner

Today in The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc., __ F.3d __(Fed. Cir. July 11, 2016)(O’Malley, J.)(en banc), a unanimous twelve member Federal Circuit ruled on whether a supply agreement created an “on sale” bar under 35 USC § 102(b):

“We hold today that a contract manufacturer’s sale to the inventor of manufacturing services where neither title to the embodiments nor the right to market the same passes to the supplier does not constitute an invalidating sale under § 102(b).  We, therefore, affirm the district court’s holding that the transactions between Ben Venue and MedCo did not trigger the on-sale bar.”

The opinion provides a tour de force exposition of the law relating to the “on sale” bar with a detailed analysis of historical precedent dating back to the early nineteenth century.

Regards,
Hal

IP Blog Categories

  • Announcements
  • Events
  • LAIPLA News
  • The TTABlog
  • Uncategorized
  • Wegner's Top 10
  • Wegner's Writings

Archives

Previous

Wells Fargo v. U.S.: Rules of Statutory Construction

Next

Michael N. Meller (†)(1935-2016)


Since 1934, LAIPLA has been educating and connecting members of the local intellectual property legal community

Pages

About 
Events
Membership
Sponsorship
Contact
Privacy Policy

Search
Contact

LAIPLA
1621 W 25th Street
Box 633
San Pedro, CA 90732
Phone: (323) 285-1654
Fax: ( 310) 878-0517
Email: office@laipla.net

© 2023 Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association. All Rights Reserved | Website design by SafeHouse Web.