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  • Hilary Sumner
    • Sep 29, 2019
    • 1 min read

Supreme Court to Hear On-Sale Bar Case

Updated: Aug 24

The Supreme Court recently granted a petition for writ of certiori in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc. The court will be asked to determine whether the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) bars an inventor from selling to a third party when that third party has a duty of confidentiality to the seller. Such an "on-sale" bar would prevent the inventor or assignee from filing a patent for that invention.


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Update: Supreme Court holds that that a secret sale qualifies as prior art.


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