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ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v. GENERIX DRUG SALES, INC.

Nos. 71-1797, 71-2642 and 71-2771.

460 F.2d 1096 (1972)

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERIX DRUG SALES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Caribe Chemical Company, Inc., Ellencee Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants (three cases).

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Wright, Jr., Miami, Fla., Lilling & Siegel, James E. Siegel, New York City, Herbert I. Cantor, Washington, D.C., Burton L. Lilling, New York City, Henry A. Marzullo, Jr., Princeton, N.J., Philip Furgang, New York City, for defendants-appellants; Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwoody & Cole, Miami, Fla., of counsel.

Smathers & Thompson, James L. Armstrong, III, Miami, Fla., Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, Edward N. Sherry, New York City, Robert A. Meister, Keith E. McClintock, Jr., New York City, Richard Leben, Hollywood, Fla., Robert W. Smiley, Pittsburgh, Pa., Dugald S. McDougall, Chicago, Ill., Patricia A. Nelson, New York City, for appellees; McDougall, Hersh & Scott, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Ralph & Boyd, Miami, Fla., for Eli Lilly in Nos. 71-2642 and 71-2771.

John H. Lewis, Miami, Fla., for Dubin and Generix in Nos. 71-2642 and 71-2771.

Before WISDOM, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Apropos of most patent litigation, the instant claims of infringement—countered by the invalidity defenses of anticipation, obviousness and a failure of complete disclosure to the patent office (coupled with a denial of infringing use, and a claim for anti-trust relief)—present this court with problems which are difficult to resolve. Our task is further complicated by the subject matter of the patent, which is a drug useful for...

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