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Astrazeneca AB v. Hanmi USA, Inc., No. 13-1490 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 19, 2013)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 13-1490
Decided
December 19, 2013
Judge
Taranto, J.
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
10 pages

From the Opinion

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Plaintiffs AstraZeneca AB, Aktiebolaget Hassle, AstraZeneca LP, KBI Inc., and KBI -E Inc. (collectively, AstraZeneca) sued Defendants Hanmi USA , Inc., Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hanmi Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. , and Hanmi Science Co., Ltd., form erly Hanmi Holdings Co., Ltd. (collectively, Hanmi ). Invoking 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(2), AstraZeneca alleged that a drug Hanmi proposed to market falls within claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,714,504 and 5,877, 192.