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AMGEN INC. v. SANDOZ INC.

2015-1499.

877 F.3d 1315 (2017)

AMGEN INC., Amgen Manufacturing Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. SANDOZ INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: December 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

NICHOLAS P. GROOMBRIDGE , Paul Weiss , Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellants. Also represented by JENNIFER GORDON , JENNIFER H. WU , ARIELLE K. LINSEY , MICHAEL T. WU , PETER SANDEL , ERIC ALAN STONE ; LOIS M. KWASIGROCH , WENDY A. WHITEFORD , KIMBERLIN L. MORLEY , Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA; VERNON M. WINTERS , ALEXANDER DAVID BAXTER , Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco, CA.

DEANNE MAYNARD , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee. Also represented by MARC A. HEARRON , JOSEPH R. PALMORE ; JULIE PARK , San Diego, CA; ERIK JEFFREY OLSON , Palo Alto, CA.

MICHAEL A. MORIN , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington DC, for amicus curiae AbbVie Inc. Also represented by DAVID PENN FRAZIER , GREGORY G. GARRE , MELISSA ARBUS SHERRY , CASEY L. DWYER , ROBERT J. GAJARSA.

GREGORY DISKANT , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Janssen Biotech, Inc. Also represented by IRENA ROYZMAN ; DIANNE B. ELDERKIN , BARBARA MULLIN , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Philadelphia, PA.

LISA BARONS PENSABENE , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Biotechnology Industry Organization. Also represented by FILKO PRUGO ,

CARLOS T. ANGULO , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

CHARLES B. KLEIN , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Hospira, Inc., Celltrion Healthcare Co., Ltd, Celltrion, Inc. Also represented by ANDREW CURTIS NICHOLS , STEFFEN NATHANAEL JOHNSON ; SAMUEL S. PARK , DAN HOANG , Chicago, IL.

WILLIAM M. JAY , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae The Biosimilars Council. Also represented by JAIME ANN SANTOS ; ELAINE BLAIS , Boston, MA.

LOWELL STURGILL, JR. , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER , HASHIM M. MOOPPAN , SCOTT R. McINTOSH.

WILLIAM A. RAKOCZY , Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP, Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae Mylan Inc. Also represented by PETER JAMES CURTIN , LARA E. FITZSIMMONS.

Before Newman, Lourie, and Chen, Circuit Judges.

This appeal has returned to us on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States. In their earlier appearance in this court, Amgen Inc. and Amgen Manufacturing Ltd. (collectively, "Amgen") appealed from the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District...

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