Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp v. Apotex Inc

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: June 10, 2013
• Docket: 12-1516
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., Formerly known as Schering Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

APOTEX INC. AND APOTEX CORP., Defendants-Cross Appellants. ______________________

2012-1516,-1543 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in No. 09-CV-6373, Judge Peter G. Sheridan. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

RICHARD L. STANLEY, Law Office of Richard Stanley, of Houston, Texas, argued for plaintiff-appellant. On the brief were PAUL D. MATUKAITIS, EDWARD W. MURRAY and MARY J. MORRY, Merick & Co. Inc., of Rahway, New Jersey; and NICOLAS G. BARZOUKAS, JOSHUA P. DAVIS, AUDREY L. MANESS and JUSTIN CONSTANT, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, of Houston, Texas; and JOHN F. LYNCH, of Port Ludlow, Washington. Of counsel were JILLIAN A. 2 MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP v. APOTEX INC

CENTANNI, DAVID E. DELORENZI and SHEILA F. MCSHANE, of Gibbons, P.C., of Newark, NJ; and KEVIN S. KUDLAC, and RENER TREVIN, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, of Houston, Texas.

DEANNE M. MAZZOCHI, Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for defendants- cross appellants. With him on the brief were WILLIAM A. RAKOCZY, PAUL J. MOLINOM, ANDREW M. ALUL, ROY CHAMCHARAS, MATTHEW V. ANDERSON and YIXIN H. TANG. Of counsel was ARNOLD B. CALMANN, Saiber LLC, of Newark, New Jersey ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, CLEVENGER, and MOORE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 10, 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk

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