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Supreme Court hints at IP thaw, invites government views in 'skinny label' row

By Melissa Ritti ( June 24, 2025, 16:34 GMT | Comment) -- US Solicitor General D. John Sauer was asked yesterday to weigh in on whether label carveouts for patented methods of use insulate drugmakers from induced infringement liability when their product is advertised as a “generic version” of a brand. A similar case was turned away two years ago in what might have been a missed opportunity for the US Supreme Court. It’s unlikely the court will pass on the issue a second time.In their first substantive action in an intellectual property case in months, and in one with potentially major ramifications for the approximately $150 billion domestic generic drug market, the US Supreme Court is showing early interest in a dispute over products containing the same active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, of icosapent ethyl....

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