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  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-07
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph J. Farnan, Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Amy K. Wigmore, Gregory H. Lantiere, Heather M. Petruzzi, Tracey C. Allen, Jeffrey T. Hanston, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dale LLP, Washington, DC; Kevin S. Prussia, Andrew J. Danford, Timothy A. Cook, Kevin M. Yukerwich, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dale LLP, Boston, MA, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Arthur G. Connolly, III, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Neal C. Belgam, Eve H. Ormerod, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stamatios Stamaulis, Richard C. Weinblatt, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Karen L. Pascale, Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Ellis Moore, Bindu Palapura, Stephanie E. O'Byrne, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dominick T. Gattuso, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68342

    Court rejected more restrictive construction of patent claims where intrinsic evidence indicated that patentee did not intend to apply different definitions when using term in different applications or to restrict measurement techniques to meet patent specification for active particles.

  • Camarillo Holdings LLC v. Amstel River Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-11-07
    Practice Area: Damages | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen M. Miller, Robert K. Beste, III, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark A. Castillo, Curtis Castillo PC, Dallas, TX, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68344

    Remand granted where face of plaintiffs' complaint failed to give rise to any federal cause of action and where defendants' potential defenses under federal law were ineligible to create federal question jurisdiction.

  • Noven Pharm., Inc v. Actavis Lab. UT, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-17
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld and Stephen J. Kraftschik, Morris, Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Liane M. Peterson and Ryan A. Schmid, Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, DE; Steven J. Rizzi, Ramy E. Hanna, and Jayita Guhaniyogi, Foley & Lardner LLP, New York NY; Rebecca J. Pirozzolo-Mellowes, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, attorneys for plaintiff and third-party defendant
    for defendant: Steven J. Fineman and Katharine L. Mowery, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; James K. Stronski, Jacob Z. Zambrizycki, Anne E.H. Li, and Preetha Chakrabarti, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Chiemi D. Suzuki, Crowell & Moring LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Craig P. Lytle, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for defendant.
    Case Number: D68008

    Plaintiff was barred by prosecution history estoppel from asserting infringement under doctrine of equivalents where limitation amended to claim was added specifically in response to reject to distinguish claim from prior art.

  • Galderma Labs., L.P. v. Sun Pharm. Indus. Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Maryellen Noreika, and Megan Elizabeth Dellinger, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gerald J. Flattman, Jr., Evan D. Diamond, Vanessa Y. Yen, and Lucas L. Kressel, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan and Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Huiya Wu and Brian J. Robinson, Goodwin Proctor LLP, New York, NY; Nicholas K. Mitrokostas, Goodwin Proctor LLP, Boston, MA, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D67960

    Court rejected defendants attempt to add negative limitations to terms in claim construction, in absence of evidence of patentees clear and unmistakable intent to disclaim the claim scope comprised by the proposed negative limitations.

  • Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research v. Donghee America, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad S.C. Stover, Regina S.E. Murphy, Robert C. Mattson, Eric W. Schweibenz, Frank J. West, Vincent K. Shier, Christopher Ricciuti and Katherine D. Cappaert for plaintiff
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Alyssa Caridis and Nicholas H. Lam for defendants.
    Case Number: D67947

    The court construed patent terms relating to the manufacture of automotive fuel tanks.

  • MorphoSys AG v. Janssen Biotech, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-08
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property | Patent Litigation
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly E. Farnan, Christine D. Haynes, James F. Hurst, Patricia A. Carson, Christopher T. Jagoe and Aa-ron D. Resetarits for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Michael A. Morin, David P. Frazier, Emily K. Sauter, Roger J. Chin and Michael R. Seringhaus for defendants.
    Case Number: D67932

    The court construed disputed terms in this patent infringement matter involving pharmaceuticals.