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LUPIN LTD. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES

Civil Action No. 3:06cv400.

484 F.Supp.2d 448 (2007)

LUPIN LIMITED, Plaintiff, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, and Astellas Pharma, Inc., Defendants. Abbott Laboratories, and Astellas Pharma, Inc., Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. Lupin Limited, and Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Counterclaim Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

April 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad Moss Shumadine, Willcox & Savage PC, Norfolk, VA, Amy Denise Brody, Deanne M. Mazzochi, Paul J. Molino, William A. Rakoczy, Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendants.

Dabney Jefferson Carr, IV, Robert Armistead Angle, Troutman Sanders LLP, Richmond, VA, Ivan Michael Poullaos, James Francis Hurst, Kathleen Bridget Barry, Raymond Cortez Perkins, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey I.D. Lewis, John Charles Knapp, Stuart E. Pollack, William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, Richard D. Kelly, Frank Jonah West, Stephen Gene Baxter, Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt PC, Alexandria, VA, for Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PAYNE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the construction of U.S. Patent No. 4,935,507 ("'507 patent"). The '507 patent relates to the antibiotic cefdinir in its crystalline form. The parties dispute the scope of the '507 patent and, specifically, whether it encompasses only one particular form of crystalline cefdinir.

BACKGROUND

Cefdinir is an effective antibiotic which, in its crystalline form, has...

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