CEPHALON, INC. v. WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Civ. No. 09-724-SLR.

769 F.Supp.2d 761 (2011)

CEPHALON, INC., and CIMA Labs, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Watson Laboratories, Inc., and Watson Pharma, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Marsden, Jr., Esquire and Douglas E. McCann, Esquire of Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE. Counsel for Plaintiffs. Of Counsel: Juanita R. Brooks, Esquire of Fish & Richardson, P.C., San Diego, CA; Jonathan E. Singer, Esquire of Fish & Richardson, P.C., Minneapolis, MN; and Michael A. Siem, Esquire of Fish & Richardson, P.C., New York, NY.

Frederick L. Cottrell, III, Esquire , Steven J. Fineman, Esquire , and Laura D. Hatcher, Esquire of Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE. Counsel for Defendants. Of Counsel: Barry S. White, Esquire , James K. Stronski, Esquire , John G. Taylor, Esquire and Chiemi D. Suzuki, Esquire of Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, New York, NY; and Rami Bardenstein, Esquire and Bryan J. Braunel, Esquire of Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, Washington, D.C.


OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Cephalon, Inc. ("Cephalon") is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 6,264,981 ("the '981 patent"). Cephalon is the holder of an approved New Drug Application ("NDA")1 for the manufacture and sale of fentanyl buccal tablets for the treatment of breakthrough cancer pain. Defendants Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., and Watson Pharma, Inc...

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