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Fed. Cir.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 18-1976 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2020)

Reversed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 18-1976
Also Docketed
No. 18-2023 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
October 2, 2020
Judge
Newman, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
53 pages

From the Opinion

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GlaxoSmithKline LLC and SmithKline Beecham (Cork) Ltd. (collectively, “ GSK”) charge d Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. with infringement of GSK’s Reissue Patent No. RE40,000 (“the ’000 patent”). Trial was GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. 3 held in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware; the jury found the patent valid and infringed , and assessed damages. The jury also found that the infringement was willful.