AMGEN, INC. v. F. HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE LTD.

No. CIV.A. 05-12237-WGY.

494 F.Supp.2d 54 (2007)

AMGEN, INC., Plaintiff, v. F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD., a Swiss Company, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, a German Company and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., a New Jersey Corporation Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

July 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aton Arbisser, Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Robert M. Asher, Bromberg & Sunstein, Boston, MA, Leora Ben-Ami, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Julian Brew, Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Lee C. Bromberg, Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, Boston, Patricia A. Carson, Kaye Scholer LLP (N.Y.), New York, NY, Monica Contreras Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, David L. Cousineau, Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Richard A. De Sevo, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Nancy DiLella, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Law Department, Nutley, NJ, Vladimir Drozdoff, Kaye Scholer LLP (N.Y.), New York, NY, Thomas F. Fleming, Kaye Scholer LLP (N.Y.), New York, NY, Peter Fratangelo, Kaye Scholer LLP (N.Y.), New York, NY, Christopher T. Jagoe, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, George W. Johnston, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Law Department, Nutley, NJ, Robert L. Kann, Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, Boston, Joel R. Leeman, Bromberg & Sunstein, Boston, MA, Mark S. Popofsky, Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Nicole A. Rizzo, Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, Boston, MA, Patricia Rocha-Tramaloni, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Law Department, Nutley, NJ, Krista M. Rycroft, Kaye Scholer LLP (N.Y.), New York, NY, Kimberly J. Seluga, Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, Boston, MA, Aaron Stiefel, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Howard Suh, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Keith E. Toms, Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, Boston, MA, Jeanna Wacker, Kaye Scholer LLP New York, NY, Manvin Mayell, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Kathleen McDermott, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Washington, DC, Matthew McFarlane, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Timothy M. Murphy, Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, Boston, MA, for F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd, Hoffmann LaRoche Inc., Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Defendants. Alfred H. Heckel, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Julia Huston, Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, Boston, MA, for F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd, Hoffmann La-Roche Inc., Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Defendants.

William G. Gaede, III, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Robert M. Galvin, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP, Cupertino, CA, Geoffrey M. Godfrey, Berrie R. Goldman, Aaron R. Hand, Susan M. Krumplitsch, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP, Cupertino, CA, Michael R. Gottfried, Duane Morris LLP, Boston, MA, Mary Susan Howard, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, Mark Izraelewicz, Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP, Chicago, IL, Raymond A. Jacobsen, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, Michael Kendall, McDermott, Will & Emery, Boston, MA, Christopher S. Kroon, Duane Morris LLP, Boston, MA, Andrew Kumamoto, McDermott Will & Emery, Palo Alto, CA, Jonathan D. Loeb, David M. Madrid, Christian E. Mammen, Mario Moore, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP, Cupertino, CA, Dana M. McSherry, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA, Michelle E. Moreland, McDermott Will & Emery, Palo Alto, CA, Kimberlin L. Morely, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, Joshua A. Munn, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA, Matthew C. Nielsen, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, Chicago, IL, Erica S. Olson, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, Lauren M. Papenhausen, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA, Sandip H. Patel, Marshall, Gerstein & Bourn, Chicago, IL, Darcy A. Paul, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder, LLP, Cupertino, CA, Cullen N. Pendleton, Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP, Chicago, IL, Jeremy D. Protas, Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP, Chicago, IL, Patricia R. Rich, Duane Morris LLP, Boston, MA, Thomas I. Ross, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, Chicago, IL, Linda Sasaki-Baxley, Katie J.L. Scott, Rebecca J. Wais, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder, LLP, Cupertino, CA, Richard W. Smith, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, Stuart L. Watt, Wendy A. Whiteford, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, Adam Arthur Bier, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder, LLP, Cupertino, CA, Michael F. Borun, Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Borun, Chicago, IL, Michael F. Borun, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, Chicago, IL, Mary Boyle, McDermott Will & Emery, Palo Alto, CA, Peter M. Acton, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA, Firasat Ali, McDermott Will & Emery, Palo Alto, CA, D. Dennis Allegretti, Duane Morris LLP, Boston, MA, Renee DuBord Brown, Krista M. Carter, Craig H. Casebeer, Andy H. Chan, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder, LLP, Cupertino, CA, Nicole A. Colby, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA, Monique L. Corday, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, Bobby R. Burchfield, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel A. Curto, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA, Lloyd R. Day, Jr., Day Casebeer Madrid Winters & Batchelder LLP, Cupertino, CA, William Diaz, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Irvine, CA, Darrell G. Dotson, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, Jon B. Dubrow, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, Deborah E. Fishman, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP, `Cupertino, CA, Jennifer E. Flory, Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP, Chicago, IL, Kevin M Flowers, Marshall Gerstein & Borun, Chicago, IL, James M. Fraser, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA, for Amgen Inc., Counter Defendant.

Mark J. Hebert, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Boston, for Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. (FMC), Movant.

Eugene M. Gelernter, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York, NY, Erik Haas, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, Michelle Chassereau Jackson, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, Richard O. Jackson, Patternson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP, New York, NY, David L. Ferrera, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston, MA, Heather B. Repicky, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston, MA, Steven A. Zalesin, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, for Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., Intervenor Plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Amgen, Inc. ("Amgen") originally brought this action against F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Roche Diagnostics GMBH, & Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. (collectively "Roche/Hoffmann") seeking a declaratory judgment that Roche/Hoffmann currently infringes or will infringe Amgen's patents for erythropoietin ("EPO"). Am. Compl. ¶ 26 [Doc. No. 52]. The patents presently at issue...

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