Elorac, Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ELORAC, INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 14 C 1859 v. ) ) SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA, INC., ) Judge Jorge L. Alonso ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Elorac, Inc. (“Elorac”) brings this bad-faith breach of contract action against defendant Sanofi-Aventis Canada, Inc. (“Sanofi”), alleging that Sanofi willfully breached a license agreement requiring it to make reasonable efforts to commercialize Elorac’s Civamide cream pharmaceutical product, known as Zuacta, and pay Elorac royalties based…