Litigation

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Final Written Decision

IPR2015-00554

Court: USPTO PTAB
Filed: 2015-01-08

Patents at issue (1)

Plaintiffs (1)

π Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Defendants (1)

Δ Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Summary

Inter partes review petition filed by Par Pharmaceutical against US 7,668,730. The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision.

Case overview & background

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Further reading

Prior art and § 102 novelty
Most issued patents have anticipating prior art that the examiner missed. The work is finding it and proving the date.
Most-litigated US patents: 12 patents that defined the patent troll era
If a demand letter lands on your desk citing one of these, you are not the first. The campaign playbook is on file. The defenses other defendants used are public record.
How patent trolls operate (and why the business model works)
A junk patent generates settlement income exactly the same way as a strong one, because nobody pays $1M to test a $200k demand. The mechanics matter because the failure modes — what makes assertion campaigns expensive or risky for the troll — are exactly where defendants find leverage.
The America Invents Act (2011)
The AIA was the structural reform that gave defendants modern tools — IPR, broader prior art, joinder limits. The unfinished work is cost: AIA didn't make defense free, it made defense possible.
What it costs to get a patent (AIPLA Economic Survey)
A US utility patent costs a median of $8,000-$12,000 in attorney fees to draft and file, depending on the technology — before USPTO fees, before drawings, and before the first office action. Here's the full bill, and why it's a rounding error next to enforcing the thing.

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