Court Opinion

ID: 4187758
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-07-20 15:02:34.571485+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:40:07.379478
License: Public Domain

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
                ______________________

      OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.,
               Plaintiff-Appellant

                           v.

 ZYDUS PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., CADILA
 HEALTHCARE, LIMITED, MYLAN INC., MYLAN
      PHARMACEUTICALS INC., TORRENT
   PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, TORRENT
PHARMA INC., HETERO LABS LIMITED, AJANTA
PHARMA LIMITED, AJANTA PHARMA USA INC.,
       AUROBINDO PHARMA LTD., INTAS
    PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, ACCORD
HEALTHCARE, INC., AUROBINDO PHARMA USA
INC., AUROLIFE PHARMA LLC, LUPIN LIMITED,
   LUPIN ATLANTIS HOLDINGS S.A., LUPIN
      PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ALEMBIC
    PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, AMNEAL
       PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC, AMNEAL
     PHARMACEUTICALS INDIA PVT. LTD.,
             Defendants-Appellees
            ______________________

2016-1962, 2016-1963, 2016-1964, 2016-1966, 2016-1968,
2016-1970, 2016-1971, 2016-1972, 2016-1973, 2016-1974,
                2016-1975, 2016-1978
               ______________________

    Appeals from the United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey in Nos. 1:14-cv-03168-JBS-KMW,
1:14-cv-04508-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-04671-JBS-KMW, 1:14-
cv-05876-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-06158-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-
06890-JBS-KMW,      1:14-cv-07105-JBS-KMW,  1:14-cv-
07252-JBS-KMW,      1:14-cv-07405-JBS-KMW,  1:14-cv-
08074-JBS-KMW,      1:14-cv-08077-JBS-KMW,  1:15-cv-
01585-JBS-KMW, Chief Judge Jerome B. Simandle.
                ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

    PAUL WILLIAM BROWNING, Finnegan, Henderson,
Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC,
argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by JAMES
B. MONROE, CHARLES THOMAS COLLINS-CHASE, ERIC JAY
FUES, ANDREA DENISE MAIN; JEFFREY ANDREW FREEMAN,
Atlanta, GA.

   LAWRENCE M. SUNG, Wiley Rein, LLP, Washington,
DC, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendant-
appellees Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited, Torrent
Pharma Inc. also represented by ADITYA NEAL SETH,
RACHEL KAPUST HUNNICUTT.

    CHAD A. LANDMON, Axinn Veltrop Harkrider, LLP,
Hartford, CT, for defendants-appellees Zydus Pharmaceu-
ticals USA, Inc., Cadila Heathcare, Limited. Also repre-
sented by DELPHINE W. KNIGHT BROWN, New York, NY.

    DEEPRO MUKERJEE, Alston & Bird LLP, New York,
NY, for defendants-appellees Mylan Inc., Mylan Pharma-
ceuticals Inc. Also represented by LANCE SODERSTROM;
TRAVIS JAMES IAMS, Charlotte, NC.

    MARGARET E. IVES, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP,
Boston, MA, for defendant-appellee Hetero Labs Limited.
Also represented by PHOEBE FISCHER-GROBAN.
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    SAILESH K. PATEL, Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, IL, for
defendant-appellees Ajanta Pharma Limited, Ajanta
Pharma USA Inc. Also represented by HELEN H. JI.

    BRIAN WM. HIGGINS, Blank Rome LLP, Washington,
DC, for defendants-appellees Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.,
Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc., Aurolife Pharma LLC. Also
represented by GERARD HADDAD, CHRISTOPHER K. HU,
New York, NY.

   PAUL BRAIER, Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C., Reston,
VA, for defendants-appellees Intas Pharmaceuticals
Limited, Accord Healthcare, Inc. Also represented by
PETER BRANKO PEJIC.

    DOUGLASS C. HOCHSTETLER, Kelley Drye & Warren,
LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees Lupin Limited,
Lupin Atlantis Holdings S.A., Lupin Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. Also represented by CLIFFORD KATZ, New York, NY.

   DENNIES VARUGHESE, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox,
PLLC, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Alembic
Pharmaceuticals Limited.      Also represented by
CHANDRIKA VIRA, JON WRIGHT.

    RONALD MARC DAIGNAULT, Polsinelli PC, New York,
NY, for defendants-appellees Amneal Pharmaceuticals,
LLC, Amneal Pharmaceuticals India Pvt. Ltd. Also
represented by KAREN ZELLE MORRIS, St. Louis, MO.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, CHEN and HUGHES,
Circuit Judges).
        AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                  ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 20, 2017           /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date               Peter R. Marksteiner
                        Clerk of Court