No Case or Controversy for Sandoz Without Biosimilar Application: Federal Circuit | Practical Law
In Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the US District Court for the Northern District of California's dismissal of Sandoz's suit seeking a declaratory judgment that certain patents licensed to Amgen Inc. were invalid, unenforceable and will not be infringed because there is no immediate and real threat of infringement creating an actual case or controversy.