SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP. v. APOTEX CORP.

No. 98 C 3952.

247 F.Supp.2d 1011 (2003)

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP. and Beecham Group, P.L.C., Plaintiffs, v. APOTEX CORP., Apotex, Inc., and TorPharm, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Treece, Richard J. O'Brien, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Beecham Group, p.l.c.

Ford F. Farabow, Richard Racine, Howard W. Levine, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Washington, DC, for SmithKline Beecham Corp.

Ford F. Farabow, Richard Racine, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Washington, DC, for Beecham Group.

Hugh L. Moore, Richard Philip Beem, Scott B. Feder, Keith D. Parr, Paul J. Molino, Willaim Anderw Rakoczy, Deanne M. Mazzochi, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicgo, IL, for Apotex Corp., Torphram, Inc., Apotex, Inc.

Robert F. Green, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Pentech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.


OPINION

RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge.

I conducted a bench trial in this patent infringement case between February 5 and 21 of this year, by designation of the chief circuit judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 291(b), and this opinion comprises the findings of fact and conclusions of law that Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a) requires me to issue. The plaintiffs in their post-trial brief erroneously refer to "findings" that I made in the course of the trial. I made no...

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