ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC. v. APOTEX INC.

No. 09 C 7968.

725 F.Supp.2d 724 (2010)

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., and Abbott GMBH & Co. KG, Plaintiffs, v. APOTEX INC. and Apotex Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

July 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erica J. Pascal , John Allcock , Richard Thomas Mulloy , DLA Piper LLP, San Diego, CA, Raj Niranjan Shah , DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, Stuart E. Pollack , DLA Piper, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Keith D. Parr , David B. Abramowitz , James T. Peterka , Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Abbott Laboratories, Inc. and Abbott GMBH & Co. KG (collectively "Abbott"), are the owners of U.S. Patent Number 5,436,272 (the "`272 Patent"), a medical treatment for obesity using sibutramine hydrochloride, which is marketed under the name Meridia®. Defendants Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp. (collectively "Apotex") seek to market a generic version. Accordingly, Apotex...

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