Legal Opinion
In re Nexium (Esomeprazole) Antitrust Litigation
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 4, 2014No. Civil Action No. 12-md-02409-WGYPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case, arising under the federal antitrust laws and state analogues, presents a *240challenge to the use of reverse payment settlements in patent litigation. Reverse payment settlements are agreements to settle patent infringement litigation under which the patent holder pays the claimed infringer handsomely to refrain from competing with the patent holder until the patent or patents in suit expire. The arrangement preserves the patent holder’s monopoly and the full term of its patents, while compensating the claimed infringer with at…
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