Legal Opinion

Smithkline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided April 8, 2005No. 2003-1285Published

1Opinion of the Court

403 F.3d 1328

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION and Beecham Group, P.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

APOTEX CORP., Apotex, Inc., and Torpharm, Inc., Defendants-Cross Appellants.

No. 03-2185.

No. 03-1313.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 8, 2005.

Appealed from: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Judge Richard A. Posner.

Ford F. Farabow, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, DC, filed a petition for rehearing en banc for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the petition were Robert D. Bajefsky, Howard W. Levine, Scott J.…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Continental Can Company Usa, Inc. And Continental Pet Technologies, Inc. v. Monsanto Company, Hoover Universal, Inc. And Johnson Controls, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
  3. Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  4. In re OelrichCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1981
  5. Hansgirg v. KemmerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1939

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