Patents infringement case

Infringement of a patent occurs when an individual or company makes, uses, or sells an invention without the permission of the inventor, assignee, owner, or licensee. The U.S. courts will award damages and place penalties on the infringer. But patent infringement cases are very costly and time consuming. 

Table 4-1 shows the average time it took to obtain a decision of a district court and, then, an appellate court in ANDA patent infringement cases involving the drug products included within the seope of the study. On average, the time between complaint and district court decisions in litigation with the first generic applicant was 25 months and 21 days. The time between complaint and an appellate decision was 38... 

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