ABBOTT LABORATORIES v. GENEVA PHARMACEUTICALS

Nos. 98-1593 to 98-1595.

182 F.3d 1315 (1999)

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENEVA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Defendant-Appellee, and Novopharm Limited, Defendant-Appellee, and Invamed, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing Declined August 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Perry, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, of Los Angeles, California, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Daniel E. Reidy, James A. White, and Tina M. Tabacchi, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, of Chicago, Illinois. Of counsel on the brief was Kenneth D. Greisman, Legal Division, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois. Of counsel were John Daniel Kiser, Terry S. Coleman and Mathhew D. Peterson, Fox, Bennett & Turner, of Washington, DC.

James Galbraith, Kenyon & Kenyon, of New York, New York, argued for defendant-appellee, Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. With him on the brief were Steven J. Lee and Maria Luisa Palmese.

John E. Rosenquist, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd., of Chicago, Illinois, argued for defendant-appellee, Novopharm Limited. With him on the brief were Robert F. Green, Pamela J. Ruschau, and Steven H. Sklar.

Daniel A. Monaco, Seidel, Gonda, Lavorgna & Monaco, P.C., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for defendant-appellee, Invamed, Inc. With him on the brief was Camille M. Miller. Of counsel was Arthur H. Seidel.

Before PLAGER, LOURIE, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc Declined August 5, 1999.*

DECISION

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Abbott Laboratories appeals from the summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois holding claim 4 of its United States Patent 5,504,207 invalid under the on-sale provision of 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) (1994). See Abbott Labs. v. Geneva Pharms., Inc., 1998 WL 566884...

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