Glaxo Group Ltd. v. Apotex, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Glaxo Group Limited and SmithKline Beecham Corp. (“plaintiff’) sued defendant Apotex, Inc. for a declaration of infringement of patent Nos. 4,562,-181 and 4,820,832, and defendant counterclaimed for invalidity. After a lengthy bench trial, the court entered Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in plaintiffs favor, concluding that defendant’s proposed generic cefuroxime axetil product will infringe the two patents, and permanently enjoining defendant from manufacturing its product for the life of those patents. Glaxo Group…