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Fed. Cir.

Ferring B.V. v. Watson Laboratories Inc., No. 14-1416 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 22, 2014)

Affirmed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 14-1416
Decided
August 22, 2014
Judge
Lourie, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
19 pages

From the Opinion

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Watson Laboratories, Inc. – Florida (“Watson”) a p- peals from the decisions of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (i) holding that the subject matter of the asserted claims of Ferring B.V.’s (“Ferring”) U.S. Patents 7,947,739 (the “’739 patent”), 8,022,106 (the “’106 patent”), and 8,273,795 (the “’795 patent”) would not have been obviou s under 35 U.S.C. § 103, (ii) finding that Watson’s generic tranexamic acid product infringed those claims under 35 U.S.C. § 271, consequently (iii) ordering the U.S.