ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. v. MYLAN LABORATORIES, INC.

No. CIV.A. 102CV32.

267 F.Supp.2d 533 (2003)

ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC, and Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. MYLAN LABORATORIES, INC. and MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. West Virginia.

March 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad A. Cicconi, Esquire, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Wheeling, Counsel for Plaintiffs Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

Edward L. Pencoske, Esquire, G. Daniel Carney, Esquire, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Plaintiff Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Vicki Margolis, Esquire, Jeffrey B. Elikan, Esquire, George F. Pappas, Esquire, Ryan M. Walsh, Esquire, Jeffrey A. Dunn, Esquire, Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for Plaintiffs Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC.

Mary Ellen R. Himes, Esquire, Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, Baltimore, MD, Counsel for Plaintiff Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Steven P. Berman, Esquire, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, Counsel for Plaintiffs Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC.

Mary Jane Saunders, Esquire, Eugene Purvis, Jr., Esquire, Justin E. Pierce, Esquire, Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, Vienna, VA, Counsel for Plaintiffs Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical, Research & Development, LLC.

Frank E. Simmerman, Jr., Esquire, Simmerman Law Office, PLLC, Clarksburg, Counsel for Plaintiffs Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical, Research & Development, LLC.

Richard W. Gallagher, Esquire, Robinson & McElwee, Clarksburg, Counsel for Plaintiff Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

Robert A. Bourque, Esquire, Jeremy S. Pitcock, Esquire, Noah M. Leibowitz, Esquire, Jordan N. Malz, Esquire, Henry B. Gutman, Esquire, Amy E. Semet, Esquire, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, Counsel for Plaintiff Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

Mary H. Sanders, Esquire, Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen, Charleston, Counsel for Plaintiff Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

David B. Thomas, Esquire, George G. Guthrie, Esquire, Allen Buthrie & McHugh, Charleston, Counsel for Defendants American Safety Razor Company Megas Beauty Care, Inc.

William J. Witte, Esquire, Riley, McNulty, Hewitt & Sweitzer, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Defendants BBA U.S. Holdings, Inc., BBA Nonwovens Simpsonville, Inc.

William J. Witte, Esquire, Riley, McNulty, Hewitt & Sweitzer, Pittsburgh, PA, John H. Tinney, Esquire, The Tinney Law Firm, PLLC, Charleston, Sheri E. Hametz, Esquire, James E. Brandt, Esquire, Blair Connelly, Esquire, Latham & Watkins, LLP, New York, NY, Counsel for Defendants International Paper Company.

Mark Boland, Esquire, W. Mack Webner, Esquire, Sheldon I. Landsman, Esquire, Brett Smith Sylvester, Esquire, Paul Joseph Wilson, Esquire, Brian Hannon, Esquire, Michael R. Dzwonczyk, Esquire, J. Warren Lytle, Jr., Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, DC, Counsel for Plaintiff Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

E.J. Strassburger, Esquire, Harry F. Kunselman, Esquire, Strass, McKenna, Gutnick & Potter, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Plaintiff Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

Jeffrey E. Ostrow, Esquire, Harrison J. Frahn, Esquire, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Palo Alto, CA, Counsel for Plaintiff Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company.

Gordon H. Copland, Esquire, Megan D. Dortenzo, Esquire, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, Michael T. Smith, Esquire, Steptoe & Johnson, Martinsburg, Gordon W. Schmidt, Esquire, Doepken, Keevican & Weiss, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Thomas w. Kirby, Esquire, Gregory R. Lyons, Esquire, Christopher L. Hale, Esquire, John B. Wyss, Esquire, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, E. Anthony Figg, Esquire, Joseph A. Hynds, Esquire, Mark I. Bowditch, Esquire, Glen Karta, Esquire, Martin M. Zoltick, Esquire, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, James H. Wallace, Jr., Esquire, Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLC, Washington, D.C., Terry L. Schnell, Esquire, William P. Smith, Esquire, Roberta R. Wilson, Esquire, DKW Law Group, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Defendants Mylan Laboratories, Inc. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.


ORDER

KEELEY, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment on the Basis of Anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) and (b). The motion is fully briefed, the Court has heard oral argument, and the issues presented are ripe for review. For the following reasons, the Defendants' motion is DENIED.

BACKGROUND.

Plaintiffs Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. (Daiichi), Ortho...

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