Legal Opinion
Commission v. Cephalon, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 28, 2008No. Civil Action 08-0244 (JDB)PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
Defendant Cephalon, Inc., is the manufacturer of the prescription wakefulness drug known as Provigil. Cephalon also owns a patent relating to the “particle size composition” of Provigil’s active ingredient, modafinil. In late December 2002, Cephalon instituted a single patent infringement case against four pharmaceutical companies that had applied to sell generic modafinil products that would compete directly with Provigil. After more than two years of litigation, Cephal-on eventually reached independent settlements with each of those companies…
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- In Re Alan Neal ScottCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
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