ORTHO-MCNEIL : PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., : : Plaintiff and : Counterclaim Defendant, : CIVIL ACTION NO.: 02-5707 (JCL) : V
Case 2:04-cv-00886-DMC-MF Document 72 Filed 04/05/07 Page 1 of 125 PageID: <pageID> UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY _______________________________ : ORTHO-MCNEIL : PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., : : Plaintiff and : Counterclaim Defendant, : CIVIL ACTION NO.: 02-5707 (JCL) : v. : : KALI LABORATORIES, INC., : PAR PHARMACEUTICAL : COMPANIES, INC., PAR : PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., : : Defendants and : Counterclaimants. : : ORTHO-MCNEIL : PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., : : Plaintiff and : CIVIL ACTION NO.: 04-0886 (JCL) Counterclaim Defendant, : (CLOSED) : v. : OPINION : TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL : INDUSTRIES, LTD., TEVA : PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., : BARR LABORATORIES, INC. : : Defendants and : Counterclaimants. : ______________________________ : 1 Case 2:04-cv-00886-DMC-MF Document 72 Filed 04/05/07 Page 2 of 125 PageID: <pageID> LIFLAND, District Judge In these two consolidated patent infringement actions, Defendant generic drug manufacturers Kali Laboratories, Inc. (“Kali”), Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. (collectively “Par”),1 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (collectively “Teva”), and Barr Laboratories, Inc. (“Barr”),2 move for summary judgment against Plaintiff Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. (“Ortho-McNeil”). Ortho- McNeil asserts that Defendants have infringed, under the Hatch-Waxman Act, its patent covering the pain-relief drug it sells under the name-brand, Ultracet. Defendants dispute Ortho-McNeil’s infringement claims, and counterclaim that, in any event, Ortho-McNeil’s patent is invalid. For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant summary judgment of non-infringement to Kali, and deny summary 1 Kali and Par are co-defendants in civil action no. 02-5707. Kali was initially the sole defendant, but on June 10, 2004, Par acquired Kali, and thereafter was joined as a defendant by Ortho-McNeil.
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