Federal Circuit limits application of inherency doctrine in obviousness cases
This week the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a district court judgment of invalidity because the district court had incorrectly applied the inherency doctrine in the obviousness analysis. The case, between Par and Twi, involved methods of use of nanosized formulations of the drug megestrol acetate. Par Pharm., Inc. v. TWi Pharms., Inc., No. 1:11-cv-02466…