Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RODNEY GILSTRAP, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Before the Court are the competing motions for summary judgment by Plaintiff Allergan Sales, LLC (“Allergan”) and Defendants Sandoz, Inc., Aleon Laboratories, Inc., Alcon Research, Ltd., and Falcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (collectively “San-doz”) (Dkt. No. 277; Dkt. No. 280; Dkt. No. 281). Allergan’s motion sought summary judgment that Sandoz was precluded from challenging the validity of claim 4 of U.S. Patent No. 7,030,149 (“the ’149 patent”) under the doctrines of issue preclusion and claim preclusion and that Sandoz’s…