MEDICINES CO. v. HOSPIRA, INC.

2014-1469, 2014-1504.

827 F.3d 1363 (2016)

The MEDICINES COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. HOSPIRA, INC., Defendant-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: July 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDGAR HAUG , Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, New York, NY, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by PORTER F. FLEMING , ANGUS CHEN , JASON ARI KANTER , LAURA KRAWCZYK , CATALIN SEBASTIAN ZONTE ; DAMON MARCUS LEWIS , Washington, DC.

BRADFORD PETER LYERLA , Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for defendant-cross-appellant. Also represented by SARA TONNIES HORTON , AARON A. BARLOW ; JOSHUA SEGAL , Washington, DC.

MEGAN BARBERO , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for amicus curiae United States. Also represented by MARK R. FREEMAN , BENJAMIN C. MIZER ; THOMAS W. KRAUSE , ROBERT McBRIDE , JOSEPH GERARD PICCOLO , KRISTI L. R. SAWERT , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA.

DORIS HINES , Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae American Intellectual Property Law Association. Also represented by DAVID MROZ , ERIN McGEEHAN SOMMERS ; DENISE WHELTON DEFRANCO , American Intellectual Property Law Association, Arlington, VA.

EMILY CURTIS JOHNSON , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Intellectual Property Owners Association. Also represented by JAMES EDWARD TYSSE ; MICHAEL P. KAHN , New York, NY; MARK W. LAUROESCH , Intellectual Property Owners Association, Washington, DC; STEVEN W. MILLER , Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH; KEVIN H. RHODES , 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN.

ANTHONY MILLER , Miller, Patti, Pershern PLLC, Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae Miller, Patti, Pershern PLLC. Also represented by JOHN JEFFERY PATTI , STEVEN SCOTT PERSHERN .

TAMSEN VALOIR , Boulware & Valoir, Houston, TX, for amicus curiae Houston Intellectual Property Law Association. Also represented by MARK JOHN GATSCHET , Mark John Gatschet, PLLC, Austin, TX.

ERIC J. MARANDETT , Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP, Boston, MA, for amicus curiae Biotechnology Innovation Organization. Also represented by IRENE OBERMAN KHAGI.

CRAIG E. COUNTRYMAN , Fish & Richardson, P.C., San Diego, CA, for amicus curiae Gilead Sciences, Inc. Also represented by JARED ALEXANDER SMITH ; JONATHAN ELLIOT SINGER , Minneapolis, MN.

ROBERTA JEAN MORRIS , Menlo Park, CA, for amicus curiae Roberta Jean Morris.

BRUCE M. WEXLER , Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Also represented by ERIC WILLIAM DITTMANN , JOSEPH M. O'MALLEY, JR. , YOUNG JIN PARK ; STEPHEN BLAKE KINNAIRD , ANAND BIPIN PATEL , Washington, DC; DAVID EVEN KORN , JAMES MILTON SPEARS , Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America, Washington, DC.

Before Prost, Chief Judge, Newman, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O'Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll, Circuit Judges.


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