Legal Opinion
OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. v. Sandoz, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 7, 2012No. 2011-1126, 2011-1127PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Apotex Inc., Apotex Corp., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Barr Laboratories, Inc., and Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (collectively, the “Defendants”) appeal from the final decision of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sustaining the validity of the asserted claims of U.S. Patent 5,006,528 (the “'528 patent”) under 35 U.S.C. § 103 and under the doctrine of nonstatutory double patenting. We affirm.
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