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I previously blogged about the surprising case, GlaxoKlineSmith v. Teva (GSK), where the Federal Circuit held that a generic pharmaceutical company can, under the right circumstances, be liable for inducing infringement of a method-of-use pharmaceutical patent despite carving out the patented indication from its label. The decision at first spooked the generic pharmaceutical industry, but was then followed by two additional opinions—one related to a panel rehearing, followed by another one, which issued on February 11, 2022, denying a hearing en banc, which included a fiery dissent. These decisions show clear disagreements among the Judges at the Federal Circuit. What is at the heart of this dispute?