Legal Opinion
Smithkline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex [Corrected Date]
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 24, 2006No. 2004-1522PublishedCited by 315 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge DYK.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
DYK, Circuit Judge.
SmithKline Beecham Corporation and SmithKline Beecham, P.L.C. (collectively “SmithKline”) brought suit against Apotex Corporation, Apotex Inc., and Torpharm, Inc. (collectively “Apotex”) for infringement of SmithKline’s patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,113,944 (“’944 patent”). Apotex moved for summary judgment, arguing that the ’944 patent was invalid. The district court granted summary judgment to Apotex. We agree that the claims of the ’944 patent are invalid and thus affirm.
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