Legal Opinion
Bayer Ag and Bayer Corporation v. Biovail Corporation, and Elan Corporation, Plc and Elan Pharma, Ltd., and Teva Pharmaceuticals Usa, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 7, 2002No. 01-1329, 01-1330PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
Bayer brought two separate actions in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia asserting that Elan Pharmaceuticals Research Corp. (Elan) infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,264,446 (the '446 patent). The first action asserted that Elan infringed by filing an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval of a 60 mg generic version of the invention claimed in the '446 patent. The second action asserted infringement in Elan’s marketing of a commercial 30 mg generic version. On summary judgment, the…
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