Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

Seagen Inc. v. Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd., No. 23-2424 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 2, 2025)

Reversed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 23-2424
Also Docketed
No. 24-1176 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
December 2, 2025
Judge
Lourie, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
19 pages

From the Opinion

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A jury in the United States District Court for the East- ern District of Texas found that claims 1 –5, 9, and 10 of Seagen Inc.’s (“Seagen”) U.S. Patent 10,808,039 (“the ’039 patent”) were not invalid for lack of written description or enablement. J.A. 57. The jury further found that Daichii Sankyo Company, Ltd. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, and AstraZeneca UK Ltd., (collectively, “Daichii”) willfully infringed at least one of the claims , and awarded Seagen damages exceeding $41 million . J.A. 56, 58–59.