Replies to post #117417 on Biotech Values

[poorgradstudent]

MNTA:

For the sake of clarification, can the legal types clarify the ease with which a preliminary injunction is or is not granted?

In other words, is it automatic or does it require deliberation on the part of the court?

[exwannabe]

MNTA/TEVA Re: Trial date

Even w/o the possibility of a PI there is still a reason why TEVA would want an earlier date if they were expecting approval tomorrow.

Namely the potential 2x damages. If TEVA was on the wrong side of this one, it could be a billion dollar legal game to let it slide.

[jb_118]

A trial date in NVS/MNTA’s patent-infringement suit vs Teva is provisionally set for February 4, 2013. That’s not a typo!

Would be helpful here to have the legal types explain a little on how trial dates get set. Is it as strange to you all as it is to me that MNTA goes from filing for expedited discovery ASAP to a trial date of 2013? Why would MNTA go for this, or is it out of their hands? Or is a fairly standard timeline?

[masterlongevity]

Great news! This should take some of the overhang off the stock, at least if the analysts are smart enough to pick up on it

[investorgold2002]

Before we get way too carried way by the 2013 trial date:

On or before April 15, 2011, the Plaintiffs shall serve preliminary
disclosures of the claims infringed. So we will really know if TEVA has infringed AT ALL on MNTA's patents.

On or before June 15, 2011, the Defendant shall serve preliminary
invalidity and non-infringement contentions.
If TEVA has infringed, we will know TEVA's case for non-infringement

Markman hearing is in Dec 2011.
Finally, we will kinda hear court's opinion on claim construction

Trial date doesn;t mean a thing until we know on April 15th if TEVA has infringed any of MNTA'S process or characterization patents