Legal Opinion
Abbott Laboratories v. Apotex, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 6, 2006No. 97 C 7515PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge, sitting by designation.
In 1997, Abbott Laboratories filed this suit for patent infringement against TorPharm, Inc., a manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical drugs, and affiliates of TorPharm, notably Apotex, Inc., its parent. (TorPharm has since been absorbed into its parent, so I have dropped it from the caption and throughout this opinion refer to TorPharm as Apotex.) The district judge initially assigned to the case granted summary judgment in favor of Abbott on both validity and infringement. 156 F.Supp.2d 738 (N.D.Ill.2001). The Federal Circuit…
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