Tag: preliminary injunction
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Socket Solutions v. Import Global: Federal Circuit Demands Doctrinal Discipline Before Granting Preliminary Patent Injunctions
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Socket Solutions, LLC v. Import Global, LLC, Case No. 2025-1121 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 4, 2026), illustrates that preliminary patent injunctions do not alter the governing standards of claim construction or equitable relief. Because a preliminary injunction can remove products from the marketplace long before infringement has been finally adjudicated, courts…
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Ridge Corp. v. Kirk NationaLease: Federal Circuit Rejects Preliminary Injunction Based on Claim Construction and Speculative Harm
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Ridge Corp. v. Kirk NationaLease Co., Case No. 25-1254 (Fed. Cir. July 13, 2026), reverses a preliminary injunction against competing manufacturers of roll-up truck doors, holding that substantial questions of noninfringement and an inadequately supported claim of irreparable harm prevented the patent owner and its licensee from obtaining extraordinary pretrial…
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Otsuka v. Hetero Labs: Federal Circuit Upholds Patent Injunction but Requires Rule 65(c) Bond
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Hetero Labs Limited, Case No. 2025-2016 (Fed. Cir. July 1, 2026), upheld a preliminary injunction delaying the launch of a generic version of Nuedexta but vacated the district court’s decision allowing the patent owner to obtain that injunction without posting security under Federal Rule of…
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Incyte Corp. v. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries: Federal Circuit Reverses Preliminary Injunction for Lack of Irreparable Harm
In a follow-on decision reinforcing its earlier order, the Federal Circuit in Incyte Corp. v. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., reversed a preliminary injunction granted by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The district court had enjoined Sun from launching its FDA-approved drug Leqselvi, a deuterated version of ruxolitinib for treating alopecia…