Legal Opinion

Intervet, Inc. v. Merial Ltd.

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided September 15, 2009No. Civil Action 08-02162(HHK)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENRY H. KENNEDY, JR., District Judge.

Intervet, Inc. (“Intervet”) brings this action against Merial Limited (“Merial”), seeking a declaratory judgment of patent noninfringement and invalidity. Specifically, Intervet seeks a declaration that its vaccine against porcine cireovirus does not infringe on any claim of Merial’s U.S. Patent No. 6,224,882 (“'882 Patent”). Merial has brought a parallel action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia alleging that Intervet’s vaccine infringes the '882 Patent. Before the Court is Merial’s motion to dismiss…

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