BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. v. COPLEY PHARMACEUTICAL

No. Civ.A. 99-12434-JLT.

144 F.Supp.2d 21 (2000)

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO., Plaintiff, v. COPLEY PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

December 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Sartory, Goulston & Storrs, Boston, MA, Robert L. Baechtold, Joseph M. O'Malley, Jr., Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, New York City, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Plaintiff.

Daniel J. Gleason, Carl M. DeFranco, Jr., Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, for Copley Pharmaceutical, Inc., Defendant.

Daniel J. Gleason, Carl M. DeFranco, Jr., Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, for Copley Pharmaceutical, Inc., Counter-Claimant.

Thomas J. Sartory, Goulston & Storrs, Boston, MA, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Counter-Defendant.


MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ("Bristol"), a pharmaceuticals manufacturer, owns and received FDA approval for the "732 Patent," a patent for the stable flocculated suspension of megestrol acetate in water. In October 1999, Defendant Copley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Copley"), a generic-drug manufacturer, filed with the FDA an Abbreviated New Drug Application ("ANDA") for approval of a...

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