Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Cadila Healthcare, Limited, Mylan Inc., Mylan…

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
ZYDUS PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., CADILA
HEALTHCARE, LIMITED, MYLAN INC., MYLAN
PHARMACEUTICALS INC., TORRENT
PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, TORRENT
PHARMA INC., HETERO LABS LIMITED, AJANTA
PHARMA LIMITED, AJANTA PHARMA USA INC.,
AUROBINDO PHARMA LTD., INTAS
PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, ACCORD
HEALTHCARE, INC., AUROBINDO PHARMA USA
INC., AUROLIFE PHARMA LLC, LUPIN LIMITED,
LUPIN ATLANTIS HOLDINGS S.A., LUPIN
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ALEMBIC
PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, AMNEAL
PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC, AMNEAL
PHARMACEUTICALS INDIA PVT. LTD.,
Defendants-Appellees
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2016-1962, 2016-1963, 2016-1964, 2016-1966, 2016-1968,
2016-1970, 2016-1971, 2016-1972, 2016-1973, 2016-1974,
2016-1975, 2016-1978
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Appeals from the United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey in Nos. 1:14-cv-03168-JBS-KMW,

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1:14-cv-04508-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-04671-JBS-KMW, 1:14-
cv-05876-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-06158-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-
06890-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-07105-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-
07252-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-07405-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-
08074-JBS-KMW, 1:14-cv-08077-JBS-KMW, 1:15-cv-
01585-JBS-KMW, Chief Judge Jerome B. Simandle.
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JUDGMENT
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P AUL WILLIAM BROWNING, Finnegan, Henderson,
Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC,
argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by J AMES
B. MONROE, CHARLES T HOMAS COLLINS -CHASE , ERIC J AY
F UES , ANDREA D ENISE MAIN; J EFFREY ANDREW F REEMAN,
Atlanta, GA.
L AWRENCE M. SUNG, Wiley Rein, LLP, Washington,
DC, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendant-
appellees Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited, Torrent
Pharma Inc. also represented by ADITYA N EAL SETH ,
RACHEL K APUST HUNNICUTT .
CHAD A. L ANDMON, Axinn Veltrop Harkrider, LLP,
Hartford, CT, for defendants-appellees Zydus Pharmaceu-
ticals USA, Inc., Cadila Heathcare, Limited. Also repre-
sented by D ELPHINE W. K NIGHT BROWN, New York, NY.
D EEPRO M UKERJEE , Alston & Bird LLP, New York,
NY, for defendants-appellees Mylan Inc., Mylan Pharma-
ceuticals Inc. Also represented by L ANCE SODERSTROM ;
T RAVIS J AMES I AMS , Charlotte, NC.
MARGARET E. I VES , Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP,
Boston, MA, for defendant-appellee Hetero Labs Limited.
Also represented by PHOEBE F ISCHER -G ROBAN.

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SAILESH K. P ATEL , Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, IL, for
defendant-appellees Ajanta Pharma Limited, Ajanta
Pharma USA Inc. Also represented by HELEN H. J I.
BRIAN WM . H IGGINS , Blank Rome LLP, Washington,
DC, for defendants-appellees Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.,
Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc., Aurolife Pharma LLC. Also
represented by G ERARD HADDAD, CHRISTOPHER K. H U,
New York, NY.
P AUL BRAIER , Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C., Reston,
VA, for defendants-appellees Intas Pharmaceuticals
Limited, Accord Healthcare, Inc. Also represented by
P ETER BRANKO P EJIC .
D OUGLASS C. H OCHSTETLER , Kelley Drye & Warren,
LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees Lupin Limited,
Lupin Atlantis Holdings S.A., Lupin Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. Also represented by CLIFFORD K ATZ, New York, NY.
D ENNIES VARUGHESE , Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox,
PLLC, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Alembic
Pharmaceuticals Limited. Also represented by
CHANDRIKA VIRA, J ON WRIGHT .
RONALD MARC D AIGNAULT , Polsinelli PC, New York,
NY, for defendants-appellees Amneal Pharmaceuticals,
LLC, Amneal Pharmaceuticals India Pvt. Ltd. Also
represented by K AREN ZELLE M ORRIS , St. Louis, MO.
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T HIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and A DJUDGED:
P ER CURIAM (P ROST , Chief Judge, CHEN and HUGHES ,
Circuit Judges).

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AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
July 20, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court

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