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Litigation Details for SHIRE PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT INC. v. AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC (D.N.J. 2015)


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SHIRE PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT INC. v. AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC (D.N.J. 2015)

Docket 1:15-cv-02865 Date Filed 2015-04-22
Court District Court, D. New Jersey Date Terminated 2018-05-21
Cause 35:271 Patent Infringement Assigned To Robert B. Kugler
Jury Demand None Referred To Joel Schneider
Patents 6,773,720
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Details for SHIRE PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT INC. v. AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC (D.N.J. 2015)

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2015-04-22 External link to document
2015-04-22 117 certain terms contained with U.S. Patent 6,773,720 (the “ ’720 Patent”) pursuant to Markman v. Westview…intrinsic to the patent (the patent claims and specifications, along with the patent’s prosecution history…construction for a given patent are binding on later district courts analyzing the same patent. See Key Pharms…district courts of the same terms in the same patent or patent family are highly relevant and persuasive…to “simple dispersion” elsewhere in the patent, (’720 Patent, col. 1 l. 53), signifying that dispersion External link to document
2015-04-22 369 Order product that infringes U.S. Patent No. 6,773,720 ("the '720 patent"); WHEREAS, …;720 patent; WHEREAS, Defendants sought a declaratory judgment that the '720 patent is invalid…withdrew their claims of invalidity of the '720 patent. NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiffs hereby request…its amendments, does not infringe the '720 patent; 2) Defendants' claims of invalidity… 2015 21 May 2018 1:15-cv-02865 830 Patent None District Court, D. New Jersey External link to document
2015-04-22 394 covered by U.S. Patent Number 6,773,720 (“ ‘720 patent”).2   Claim 1 of the ‘720 patent recites a  controlled‐release… On 22 April 2015, plaintiff Shire filed a patent infringement suit against defendants Amneal (“the…party. 2 According to the Orange Book, the ‘720 patent expires 8 Jun 2020.     …applications before the FDA, Shire  filed similar patent infringement cases against these ANDA applicants…this nor any other ANDA case involving the ’720 patent can be categorized as  an unqualified prevail.   External link to document
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