ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP v. APOTEX CORP.

Nos. 2011-1182, 2011-1183, 2011-1184, 2011-1185, 2011-1186, 2011-1187, 2011-1188, 2011-1189, 2011-1190.

669 F.3d 1370 (2012)

ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, AstraZeneca AB, IPR Pharmaceuticals Inc., and the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. APOTEX CORP., Defendant-Appellee, and Aurobindo Pharma Limited, Defendant-Appellee, and Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Cobalt Laboratories Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Glenmark Generics Inc. USA, Defendant-Appellee, and Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Defendant-Appellee, and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Torrent Pharma Inc. and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

February 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary W. Bourke , Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, LLP, of Wilmington, DE, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With her on the brief was Dana K. Severance . Of counsel on the brief were Ford F. Farabow, Jr. , Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC; and Charles E. Lipsey , Kenneth M. Frankel and York M. Faulkner , of Reston, VA; and Mary K. Ferguson , of Cambridge, MA.

Shane A. Brunner , Mechant & Gould, P.C. of Madison, WI, argued for defendants-appellees Aurobindo Pharma Limited and Glenmark Generics Inc. USA. With him on the brief were Jeffrey S. Ward and Edward J. Pardon . Of counsel on the brief was Rachel C. Hughey , of Minneapolis, MN.

Robert B. Breisblatt and Jeremy C. Daniel , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, of Chicago, IL, were on the brief for defendant-appellee Apotex Corp.

Steven A. Maddox , Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, of Washington, DC; and Payson Lemeilleur and Jared C. Bunker , of Irvine, CA, were on the brief for defendants-appellees Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al.

H. Ketto Sabharwal , Daniel E. Yonan and Dennies Varughese , Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, of Washington, DC, were on the brief for defendant-appellee Glenmark Generic Inc. USA.

William A. Rakoczy , Deanne M. Mazzochi , Joseph T. Jaros and Eric R. Hunt , Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik, LLP, of Chicago, IL, were on the brief for defendant-appellee Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Nicole W. Stafford , Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Roisati, of Austin, TX; and Daniel G. Brown , of New York, NY, were on the brief for defendant-appellee Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.

James F. Hurst , Winston & Strawn LLP, of Chicago, IL, and Charles B. Klein and John K. Hsu , of Washington, DC, were on the brief for defendant-appellee Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.

Ralph J. Gabric , Jeffrey M. Nichols and Jason W. Schigelone , Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, of Chicago, IL, were on the brief for defendant-appellee Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Before RADER, Chief Judge, and LOURIE and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, AstraZeneca AB, IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (collectively, "AstraZeneca") appeal from the consolidated final orders of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware dismissing their § 271(e)(2) patent infringement claims against Apotex Corp., Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cobalt Laboratories...

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