MERCK & CO., INC. v. APOTEX, INC.

C.A. No. 06-230(GMS).

488 F.Supp.2d 418 (2007)

MERCK & CO., INC., Plaintiff, v. APOTEX, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

May 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary B. Graham, James W. Parrett, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, and John DeQ. Briggs, John F. Lynch, Kenneth W. Donnelly, Aaron Myers, of Howrey LLP, Washington, D.C., and Nicholas G. Barzoukas, Suzy S. Harbison, Jason C. Abair, of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Houston, Texas, and Paul D. Matukaitis, Edward W. Murray, Gerard M. Devlin, of Merck & Co., Inc. Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Richard L. Horwitz, Kenneth L. Dorsney, of Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, and A. Sidney Katz, Robert B. Breisblatt, Louise T. Walsh, Esquire, Michael Krol, of Welsh & Katz, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, Attorneys for Defendant.


OPINION

SLEET, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff Merck & Co., Inc. ("Merck") filed suit against the defendant Apotex, Inc. ("Apotex") in the above-captioned matter, alleging that Apotex committed an act of patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2)(A). Merck moves to dismiss its complaint for' lack of subject matter jurisdiction because, since filing suit, it has given Apotex a comprehensive covenant not to...

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