Legal Opinion

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. v. Eli Lilly & Co.

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided August 17, 2009No. Case 07-CV-15087PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF SUN PHARMACEUTICALS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT (#15)

GEORGE CARAM STEEH, District Judge.

Plaintiff Sun Pharmaceuticals moves for partial summary judgment of invalidity of the asserted claims of defendant Eli Lilly and Company’s U.S. Patent 5,464,826 (“'826 Patent”). A hearing was held on July 24, 2009. For the reasons set forth below, Sun Pharmaceuticals’ motion for partial summary judgment will be GRANTED.

I. Background

Sun Pharmaceuticals filed a complaint on November 29, 2007 alleging it has submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) with the FDA…

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. v. Eli Lilly & Co.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
  2. Eli Lilly and Co. v. SICOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 2010

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