SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP. v. PENTECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 00 C 2855.

261 F.Supp.2d 1002 (2003)

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP. and BEECHAM GROUP, P.L.C., Plaintiffs, v. PENTECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., and ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD., Defendants.

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

May 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. O'Brien, Douglas I. Lewis, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, Ford F. Farabow, Richard Racine, Kenneth M. Frankel, York M. Faulkner, Robert D. Bajefsky, Jason R. Buratti, Courtney B. Meeker, Scott J. Popma, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Washingto, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Kevin Michael Forde, Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., Richard J. Prendergast, Michael Thomas Layden, Matthew S. Miller, Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., Chicago, IL, John Edward Rosenquist, Robert F. Green, Steven H. Sklar, Lisa D. Graver, Jamison E. Lynch, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd., Roger L. Longtin, Monica L. Thompson, Piper Rudnick, Chicago, IL, Edgar H. Haug, Jeffrey A. Hovden, Robert E. Colletti, Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, New York City, James S. Rubin, Ft. Lee, NJ, Paula Davis Friedman, Chicago, IL, Lewis R. Clayton, Steven C. Herzog, Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York City, David C. Bohan, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., Chicago, IL, William T. Enos, Richard D. Kelly, Alexandria, VA, for Defendants.


OPINION*

RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge, Sitting by Designation.

These consolidated patent infringement suits were assigned to me under the authority of 28 U.S.C. § 291(b) because of their close relation to a previous patent infringement suit that had been assigned to and tried by me, SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp., 247 F.Supp.2d 1011 (N.D.Ill.2003), involving...

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