Legal Opinion
Aventis Pharma S.A. v. Hospira, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 9, 2012No. 2011-1018PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
Aventis Pharma S.A. and Sanofi-Aventis U.S., L.L.C. (collectively “Sanofi”) filed suit against Hospira, Inc. (“Hospira”) and Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp. (collectively “Apotex”) under 35 U.S.C. § 271(e) for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,750,561 (“'561 patent”) and 5,714,512 (“'512 patent”). After a bench trial, the district court found, inter alia, that claim 5 of the '561 patent and claim 7 of the '512 patent were invalid for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103, that claim 7 of the '512 patent was not infringed, and that both the '561 and '512 patents were…
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