Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Exela Pharma Sciences LLC, No. 14-1184 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 23, 2015)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 14-1184
Decided
March 23, 2015
Judge
Linn, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
19 pages

From the Opinion

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In this Hatch-Waxman Act litigation, Exela PharmSci Inc., Exela Holdings, Inc. and Exela Pharm Sciences, LLC (collectively “Exela”) appeal the district court’s constru c- tion of certain claim terms of U.S. Patent s No. 6,028,222 (the “’222 patent”) and No. 6,992,218 (the “’218 patent”) , Cadence Pharm., Inc. v. Paddock Labs. Inc. , 886 F. Supp. 2d 445 (D. Del. 2012), and its rulings that Exela infringed certain asserted claims of both patents and failed to prove invalidity as to the ’218 patent. Cadence Pharm., Inc. v. Exela Pharma Sci s., LLC , No.