Legal Opinion
Classen Immunotherapies, Inc. v. Shionogi, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 29, 2014No. Civil Case No. RWT-13-921PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROGER W. TITUS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Classen Immunotherapies, Inc. (“Classen”) has sued Defendants Shionogi, Inc. (“Shionogi”) and Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC, (“Merz”) for infringing two of Classen’s patents under 35 U.S.C. § 271 and 35 U.S.C. § 154(d). Defendants have moved to dismiss Classen’s Complaint for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Their motion will, as explained below, be granted.
The fundamental problem for Classen is that the actions of the Defendants complained of took place in a harbor made safe and immune from…
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