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NOVARTIS AG v. ACTAVIS, INC.

C.A. No. 14-1487-LPS, C.A. No. 15-150-LPS, C.A. No. 15-151-LPS, C.A. No. 15-975-LPS.

243 F.Supp.3d 534 (2017)

NOVARTIS AG, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, and Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. ACTAVIS, INC., and Actavis Elizabeth LLC, Defendants. Novartis AG, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, and Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. Ezra Ventures, LLC, Defendant. Novartis AG, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, and Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. HEC Pharm Co., Ltd., HEC Pharm Group, and HEC Pharm USA Inc., Defendants. Novartis AG, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, and Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

Signed March 17, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Kelly , Daniel M. Silver , and Benjamin A. Smyth , McCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Jane M. Love and Robert Trenchard , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, New York, NY, Joseph M. O'Malley and Eric W. Dittman , PAUL HASTINGS LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Melanie K. Sharp and Robert M. Vrana , YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Thomas J. Meloro , Heather M. Schneider , Tara L. Thieme , and Ronald A. Lee , WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Defendants Actavis, Inc. and Actavis Elizabeth LLC.

Stamatios Stamoulis and Richard C. Weinblatt , STAMOULIS & WEINBLATT LLC, Wilmington, DE, Shashank Upadhye , Joseph E. Cwik , and Jonathan J. Krit , AMIN TALATI & UPADHYE, LLC, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Defendant Ezra Ventures, LLC.

Stamatios Stamoulis and Richard C. Weinblatt , STAMOULIS & WEINBLATT LLC, Wilmington, DE, C. Kyle Musgrove and Yongjin Zhu , HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Defendants HEC Pharm Co., Ltd., HEC Pharm Group, and HEC Pharm USA Inc.

David E. Moore , Bindu A. Palapura , and Stephanie E. O'Byrne , POTTER, ANDERSON & CORROON LLP, Wilmington, DE, Tung-On Kong , Dennis D. Gregory , and Sami Sedghani , WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH AND ROSATI, San Francisco, CA, Attorneys for Defendants Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

These are patent infringement actions brought by Novartis AG ("NAG"), Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ("NPC"), Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation ("Mitsubishi"), and Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui") under the...

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