ORTHO-McNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL v. MYLAN LABORATORIES

No. CIV.A. 1:02CV32.

348 F.Supp.2d 713 (2004)

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.

December 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Pappas, Vicki Margolis, Jeffrey B. Elikan, Ryan M. Walsh, Jeffrey A. Dunn, Mary Ellen R. Himes, Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, Steven P. Berman, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunsick, NJ, Mary Jane Saunders, Eugene Purvis, Jr., Justin E. Pierce, Kali N. Murray, Venable Baetjer and Howard, LLP, Vienna, VA, Frank E. Simmerman, Jr., Simmerman Law Office, PLLC, Richard W. Gallagher, Robinson & McElwee, Clarksburg, WV, Mary H. Sanders, Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen, Charleston, WV, Brett Smith Sylvester, Paul Joseph Wilson, Brian Hannon, Michael R. Dzwonczyk, Paul M. Higgins, Keiko K. Takagi, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, DC, J. Warren Lytle, Jr., Sughrue Mion, PLLC, for Plaintiffs.

Robert A. Bourque, Jeremy S. Pitcock, Noah M. Leibowitz, Jordan N. Malz, Henry B. Gutman, Amy E. Semet, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, Mark Boland, W. Mack Webner, Sheldon I. Landsman, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, DC, Jeffrey E. Ostrow, Harrison J. Frahn, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Palo Alto, CA, for Plaintiffs and Defendants.

Gordon H. Copland, Megan D. Dortenzo, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, WV, Michael T. Smith, Steptoe & Johnson, Martinsburg, WV, Gregory R. Lyons, Christopher L. Hale, John B. Wyss, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, E. Anthony Figg, Joseph A. Hynds, Glen Karta, Martin M. Zoltick, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, James H. Wallace, Jr., Mark I. Bowditch, Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLC, Washington, DC, Terry L. Schnell, William P. Smith, Roberta R. Wilson, DKW Law Group, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

KEELEY, District Judge.

This is an action for the infringement of a chemical invention protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,053,407 (issued Oct. 1, 1991) ("the '407 patent"). The patent, entitled "Optically Active Pyridobenzoxazine Derivatives and Anti-Microbial Use," claims a compound named levofloxacin. The plaintiffs in this suit are Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Daiichi"), levofloxacin's inventor and patent...

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