Legal Opinion
Allergan, Inc. v. Apotex Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 10, 2014No. 2013-1245, 2013-1246, 2013-1247, 2013-1249PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge PROST. Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge CHEN.
PROST, Chief Judge..
Apotex Inc., Apotex Corp., Sandoz, Inc., Hit-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc., Actavis, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., and Watson Pharma, Inc. (collectively “appellants”) appeal from a final judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina finding that appellants had infringed claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,388,-029 (“'029 patent”) and 7,351,404 (“'404 patent”) and had failed to establish they were invalid. For the reasons stated below, we reverse…
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