Legal Opinion
Synthon IP, Inc. v. Pfizer Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided January 29, 2007No. CIV.A. 1:05CV1267PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW REGARDING INEQUITABLE CONDUCT CLAIM
ELLIS, District Judge.
In this patent infringement suit, plaintiff Synthon IP, Inc. alleged that a commercial process used by defendant Pfizer Inc. to manufacture the chemical compound amlo-dipine literally infringed two patents owned by Synthon, namely U.S. Patent No. 6,653,481 (the ’481 patent), a process patent, and U.S. Patent No. 6,858,738 (the ’738 patent), a derivative compound patent. From the outset, Pfizer denied infringement, contested the validity of the asserted patents, and alleged that Synthon had engaged…
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