Amit Kumar Saha, PhD

No Bull: Historically Generic Term Can Become Non-Generic
By Amit Kumar Saha, PhD on Mar 20, 2025
Posted In Trademarks
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Trademark Trial & Appeal Board rulings, finding that a previously generic term was not generic at the time registration was sought because at that time the mark, as used in connection with the goods for which registration was sought, had achieved secondary meaning. Bullshine Distillery...
Continue Reading
Transparency Is the Best Medicine: Device Parts Don’t Justify Orange Book Listing
By Amit Kumar Saha, PhD on Jan 9, 2025
Posted In Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s delisting of patents from the Orange Book because the patent claims did not “claim the drug that was approved” or the active ingredient of the drug that was approved. Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc., et al. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New...
Continue Reading