Replies to post #238525 on Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

[ziploc_1]

G..."A real/ valid patents are a protection … the rest is a fig leaf."

I agree...Patents receive a thorough and rigorous examination by the PTO before being listed in the OB...Some of Amarin's patents were even examined by PTO supervisors before approval...Shouldn't this be the proper procedure for authentication of patents... instead of the courts making decisions with judges and/or juries, who may or may not be experienced in patent law?

IMO a patent approved by the PTO is and should be a real/valid patent...less money should be spent on legal fees in court cases and more money on extra employees for the PTO...The present patent system is under under attack by raiders like Dr. Reddy and this should brought to an end.

[ilovetech]

HDG., abuses of the patent system can easily be thwarted through the institution of a statute of limitations, which would run "long enough" to challenge patents, but "short enough" in duration, so as not to be a costly impendiment to a company's ability to achieve it's objectives.

Otherwise, as we are seeing and fearingn here, companies can sue indefinitely.

ILT

[venus537]

"REDUCE-IT label looks like more stronger than MARINE label. (Both as infringement and patent validity.)"

Hence, the opinion of why many of us think the generics are going after the MARINE patents as a way to circumvent the Reduce-It indication. Yes, I understand your point that the generics couldn't go after the Reduce-It patents until the Reduce-It label was approved but that's beside the point IMO.

Since we're talking about the same exact drug for both indications and since this would have the effect of allowing doctors to prescribe Vascepa "widely" under the guise of the MARINE indication then we're (investors) potentially royally screwed if the court only rules in isolation of the MARINE patents.

But you're only the messenger and I thank you and others for pointing this out and I have to reevaluate my position in Amarin. A loss in court will hurt me a lot more than the gain from a win.