PFIZER, INC. v. RANBAXY LABORATORIES LTD.

No. 06-1179.

457 F.3d 1284 (2006)

PFIZER, INC., Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, Warner-Lambert Company, Warner-Lambert Company, LLC, and Warner-Lambert Export, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RANBAXY LABORATORIES LIMITED and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolf E. Hutz, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, of Wilmington, Delaware, argued for plaintiffs-appellees. With him on the brief were Jeffrey B. Bove, Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Mary W. Bourke, and William E. McShane.

William R. Zimmerman, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, of Irvine, California, argued for defendants-appellants. With him on the brief were Darrell L. Olson, John P. Giezentanner, Douglas G. Muehlhauser, and Payson LeMeilleur, of Irvine, California; and Joseph M. Reisman and Darryl H. Steensma, of San Diego, California. Of counsel on the brief were Jay R. Deshmukh and George E. Heibel, Ranbaxy, Inc., of Princeton, New Jersey.

Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, SCHALL and DYK, Circuit Judges.


MICHEL, Chief Judge.

In this patent case concerning the prescription drug Lipitor®, which is used to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, defendants-appellants Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (collectively "Ranbaxy") appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Plaintiffs-appellees Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, Warner-Lambert Co., Warner-Lambert...

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