IN RE GABAPENTIN PATENT LITIGATION

MDL No. 1384. Master Civil Action No. 00-2931. C.A. Nos. 00-CV-4168 (FSH), 00-CV-4589 (FSH), 00-CV-6073 (FSH), 01-CV-0193 (FSH), 01-CV-1537 (FSH), 01-CV-2194 (FSH).

648 F.Supp.2d 641 (2009)

In re GABAPENTIN PATENT LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Francis, Jr., Esq., Michael C. Zogby, Esq., Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Florham Park, NJ, Jack. B. Blumenfeld, Esq., Karen Jacobs Louden, Esq., Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, Gerald Sobel, Esq., Myron Kirschbaum, Esq., Stephen J. Elliott, Esq., Gerald Wang, Esq., Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs Pfizer Inc., Warner-Lambert Company LLC, Gödecke GmbH, and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC.

Allyn Z. Lite, Esq., Michael E. Patunas, Esq., Lite DePalma Greenberg & Rivas, LLC, Newark, NJ, Steven J. Lee, Esq., Elizabeth Holand, Esq., Robert V. Cerwinski, Esq., Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Ivax Pharmaceuticals NV, Inc., Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Ivax Corp.

Donald Horowitz, Esq., Law Office of Donald Horowitz, Hackensack, NJ, Richard J. Basile, Esq., Stephen P. McNamara, Esq., St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC, Stamford, CT, for Eon Labs, Inc., n/k/a Sandoz, Inc.


OPINION

HOCHBERG, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court upon Plaintiff Warner-Lambert's Motion to Strike Certain Affirmative Defenses of the Teva, IVAX, and Eon Defendants (Docket # 430), pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(f).1 The Court has considered the briefs of the parties, and oral argument held on April 22, 2009.2

I. Background

Plaintiffs are the drug manufacturers...

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