Company: BLCO
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001860742-25-000023
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Company: Bausch & Lomb Corp
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 48
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layback of one or more claims of the Lumify Patents (the “Slayback Lawsuit”), thereby triggering a 30-month stay of the approval of the Slayback ANDA. Since then, U.S. Patent No. 9,259,425 has been dismissed from the case.On May 15, 2023, the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “PTAB”) issued a Final Written Decision, finding all claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,293,742 unpatentable (IPR2022-00142). This decision was appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”). The Federal Circuit issued its opinion on 

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June 30, 2025, which reversed the PTAB’s claim construction of certain limitation, vacated its obviousness finding, and remanded for further proceedings.Furthermore, two additional patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 11,596,600 and 11,833,245) have issued and been listed in the Orange Book as related to Lumify®. Lawsuits alleging infringement of these patents were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Slayback and its licensees, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories S.A. and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc. (collectively, “DRL”) (the “DRL Lawsuits”). The Slayback Lawsuit and DRL Lawsuits were subsequently consolidated into one district court action before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey  (3:21-cv-16766-RK-RLS). On December 15, 2023, B&L Inc., Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited, and Eye Therapies filed a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction requesting the court to enjoin any infringing activities by DRL and a hearing was held in January 2024. On May 10, 2024, the Court denied Plaintiffs’ Motion, finding that Plaintiffs had not proven that they would be “irreparably harmed” absent a preliminary injunction.Additionally, on December 18, 2023, B&L Inc., Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited, and Eye Therapies amended its complaint in the consolidated district court action to add claims for copyright infringement, as well as claims under the Lanham Act, including trademark and trade dress infringement. DRL subsequently