http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2293867
This short article summarizes FTC v. Actavis, the first case in which the Supreme Court analyzed the antitrust legality of agreements by which brand-name drug companies pay generics to settle patent litigation and delay entering the market.
It concludes that the ruling must be counted as a win for the FTC since the most likely alternative analysis — the “scope of the patent” test applied by the dissent and several appellate courts — would have meant “game over” for challenges to these concerning agreements.