I know only 2 cases where they intervened.
This is now the third. Congratuations to the DECN Management.
U.S. Solicitor General Intervenes Against Johnson & Johnson in DECN's Long Running Patent Battle Over GenStrip 50
Interventions by the Solicitor's Office to Protect the Rights of a Corporation Are Rare
That DECN refused the Settlement offer was brilliant. Won't get cheaper.
I love this one.
Since the fundamental premise of the latest J&J/Lifescan appeal concerns the propriety, conduct and legality of the actions and decisions of the USPTO, the United States government has joined Pharma Tech in the pursuit of its final litigation victory. The Solicitor General of the United States, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., has filed a notice of an intention to intervene in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Office of the Solicitor General will now join the Pharma Tech attorneys to finally and thoroughly extinguish their '105 patent infringement allegations.
Keith Berman continued, "We are now embarking on the final phase of this patent litigation. The legitimacy of our positions concerning the former J&J '105 patent have already been repeatedly acknowledged by the courts and we are confident they will once again be vindicated in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Although we did not require the assistance of the Solicitor General to prevail, the support of the United States government is a vocal rejection of J&J's positions and an apparent condemnation of the strategy that has been employed against us. We welcome the presence of the Solicitor General and look forward to working together with the United States government to complete our victory."
