Court Opinion

ID: 4562711
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-09-03 16:00:52.19723+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:55:01.849945
License: Public Domain

Case: 20-1723   Document: 78     Page: 1   Filed: 09/03/2020

        NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                 ______________________

         AMARIN PHARMA, INC., AMARIN
      PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED,
              Plaintiffs-Appellants

                            v.

  HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS USA INC., HIKMA
 PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,
 DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES, INC., DR. REDDY'S
             LABORATORIES, LTD.,
               Defendants-Appellees
              ______________________

                  2020-1723, 2020-1901
                 ______________________

     Appeals from the United States District Court for the
 District of Nevada in No. 2:16-cv-02525-MMD-NJK, Judge
 Miranda M. Du.
                  ______________________

                      JUDGMENT
                 ______________________

     JONATHAN ELLIOT SINGER, Fish & Richardson, PC, San
 Diego, CA, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also repre-
 sented by OLIVER RICHARDS; DEANNA JEAN REICHEL, Min-
 neapolis, MN; NITIKA GUPTA FIORELLA, Wilmington, DE;
 JEFFREY B. ELIKAN, CHRISTOPHER NEIL SIPES, ERIC
 RITLAND SONNENSCHEIN, Covington & Burling LLP,
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 Washington, DC.

     CHARLES B. KLEIN, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washing-
 ton, DC, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendants-
 appellees Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Hikma Phar-
 maceuticals International Limited also represented by
 CLAIRE A. FUNDAKOWSKI; ALISON MICHELLE HEYDORN, Chi-
 cago, IL; EIMERIC REIG-PLESSIS, San Francisco, CA.

     CONSTANCE HUTTNER, Windels Marx Lane & Mitten-
 dorf LLP, Madison, NJ, for defendants-appellees Dr. Red-
 dy's Laboratories, Inc., Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd. Also
 represented by BETH C. FINKELSTEIN, CAROLINE SUN,
 JAMES BARABAS.

     ASHLEY CHARLES PARRISH, King & Spalding LLP,
 Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Aimed Alliance. Also
 represented by PAUL ALESSIO MEZZINA, JESSE SNYDER.

     RACHEL J. ELSBY, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
 LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Biotechnology In-
 novation Organization. Also represented by JASON WEIL,
 Philadelphia, PA; MELISSA A. BRAND, HANSJORG SAUER, Bi-
 otechnology Innovation Organization, Washington, DC.
                 ______________________

 THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

 ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

     PER CURIAM (DYK, REYNA, and HUGHES, Circuit
 Judges).
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                AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

       September 3, 2020         /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
             Date                Peter R. Marksteiner
                                 Clerk of Court