Copan Italia Spa v. Puritan Medical Products Company LLC

  1. May 14, 2024

    The PREP Immunity Question Won't Be Decided Yet

    The Federal Circuit opted Tuesday not to say whether a 2005 public health law provides any legal immunity in a patent dispute between rival manufacturers of COVID-19 test swabs, leaving the thorny question unanswered.

  2. December 04, 2023

    Fed. Circ. Not Sure It Should Answer PREP Immunity Question

    Puritan Medical Products told the Federal Circuit it's immune from a rival's patent suit over COVID-19 test swabs due to a law that shields certain activity aimed at resolving the spread of a disease during a public health emergency, but the panel didn't seem sure it was its place to decide.

  3. November 22, 2022

    PREP Immunity Applies To Swab Patent Suit, Fed. Circ. Told

    Health care manufacturer Puritan Medical Products has urged the Federal Circuit to reverse a lower court's decision that refused to trim a rival's patent suit against it over medical testing swabs, arguing that U.S. law grants Puritan immunity for activities related to resolving the global pandemic.