Court Opinion

ID: 4227850
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-12-12 17:00:47.654655+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:42:54.579172
License: Public Domain

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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     DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LTD., UBE
              INDUSTRIES LTD.,
                  Appellants

                          v.

  ACCORD HEALTHCARE INC., USA, ACCORD
HEALTHCARE, INC., INTAS PHARMACEUTICALS
   LTD., AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC,
 AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS OF NEW YORK,
 LLC, AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS CO. INDIA
  PVT. LTD., APOTEX CORP., APOTEX INC., DR.
 REDDY'S LABORATORIES, LTD., DR. REDDY'S
 LABORATORIES, INC., PANACEA BIOTEC LTD.,
       SUN PHARMA GLOBAL FZE, TEVA
    PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., ZYDUS
    PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., CADILA
    HEALTHCARE LTD., LUPIN LTD., LUPIN
          PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
                     Appellees
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                2017-1052, 2017-1053
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   Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos.
IPR2015-00864,     IPR2015-00865,     IPR2015-01881,
IPR2015-01882.
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                      JUDGMENT
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   ADAM LAWRENCE PERLMAN, Williams & Connolly LLP,
Washington, DC, argued for appellants. Also represented
by DOV PHILIP GROSSMAN, DAVID M. KRINSKY, ALLISON
JONES RUSHING, CHRISTOPHER ALAN SUAREZ.

    GEORGE C. LOMBARDI, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chica-
go, IL, argued for all appellees. Appellees Amneal Phar-
maceuticals LLC, Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York,
LLC, Amneal Pharmaceuticals Co. India Pvt. Ltd., Apotex
Corp., Apotex Inc., Panacea Biotec Ltd., Sun Pharma
Global FZE, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. also repre-
sented by SAMUEL S. PARK, MAUREEN L. RURKA; CHARLES
B. KLEIN, EIMERIC REIG-PLESSIS, Washington, DC.

    MICHAEL R. DZWONCZYK, Sughrue Mion PLLC, Wash-
ington, DC, for appellees Accord Healthcare Inc., USA,
Accord Healthcare, Inc., Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Also
represented by AZADEH S. KOKABI.

    WILLIAM L. MENTLIK, Lerner, David, Littenberg,
Krumholz & Mentlik LLP, Westfield, NJ, for appellees Dr.
Reddy’s Laboratories, Ltd., Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc.
Also represented by PAUL HILGER KOCHANSKI.

   STEVEN J. MOORE, Withers Bergman LLP, Greenwich,
CT, for appellees Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.,
Cadila Healthcare Ltd.

   DOUGLASS C. HOCHSTETLER, Kelley Drye & Warren,
LLP, Chicago, IL, for appellees Lupin Ltd., Lupin Phar-
maceuticals, Inc. Also represented by CLIFFORD KATZ,
New York, NY.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (LOURIE, O’MALLEY, and WALLACH, Cir-
cuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

 December 12, 2017               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                      Peter R. Marksteiner
                                 Clerk of Court