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Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property

Oct. 6, 2017

Federal Circuit rejects injunction that favored Amgen

A federal appellate panel reversed a permanent injunction blocking the sale of a cholesterol drug on Thursday in a defeat for Thousand Oaks-based Amgen Inc.

An appellate panel on Thursday reversed a permanent injunction on the sale of a cholesterol drug, handing a defeat to Thousand Oaks-based Amgen Inc.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overruled a decision by U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson of Delaware. The appeals court concluded that Robinson "misapplied" a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that makes it more difficult to get an injunction. The case was returned to Deaware for a new trial. Amgen ...

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