1) Representation of Generic Pharmaceutical Clients in Hatch-Waxman PIV Litigations
PERNIX IRELAND PAIN LTD. and PERNIX THERAPEUTICS, LLC v. ACTAVIS LABORATORIES FL, INC. – District Court – Delaware – 1:16-cv-00138 (challenging formulation patents on Hydrocodone Bitartrate)
BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH, ET AL. v. BRECKENRIDGE PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., ET AL. – District Court – Delaware – 1:15-cv-00902 (challenging compound patents on Rivaroxaban)
FERRING B.V., ET AL v. ACTAVIS, INC. WATSON LABORATORIES, INC., ANDRX CORP., WATSON LABORATORIES, INC. – FLORIDA and WATSON PHARMA, INC. – District Court – New Jersey – 2:15-cv-04222 (challenging formulation claims patents on Tranexamic Acid)
OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. v. ACTAVIS ELIZABETH LLC, INC. and JUBILANT LIFE SCIENCES (USA) INC. – District Court – New Jersey – 1:14-cv-07106 (challenging compound patents on Aripiprazole)
SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. ACTAVIS, INC., ACTAVIS LABORATORIES FL, INC., ACTAVIS PLC, ACTAVIS PHARMA, INC., WATSON LABORATORIES, ICN. AND ANDA, INC. – District Court – New Jersey – 2:14-cv-06102 (challenging formulation patents on Topiramate)
MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC. v. SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED and SUN PHARMA GLOBAL FZE – District Court – Delaware – 1:15-cv-00540 (challenging formulation patents on Bortezomib)
ACORDA THERAPEUTICS, INC. v. SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED and SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. – District Court – Delaware – 1:15-cv-00391 (challenging formulation patents on Dalfampridine)
SANOFI and SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC v. ALEMBIC PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED – District Court – Delaware, 1:14-cv-424 (challenging formulation patents on Dronedarone)
RECRO TECHNOLOGY LLC v. ACTAVIS LABORATORIES FL, INC. – District Court – Delaware, 1:14-cv-01118 (challenging formulation patents on Hydrocodone Bitartrate)
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION and NOVARTIS AG v. BRECKENRIDGE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. – District Court – Delaware – 1:14-cv-01043 (challenging formulation patents on Everolimus)
HORIZON PHARMA AG and JAGOTEC AG v. WATSON LABORATORIES, INC.–FLORIDA, U.S. – District Court – New Jersey, 1:13-cv-05124 (challenging formulation patents on Prednisone DR)
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., ET AL v. CIPLA LIMITED, U.S. - District Court - New York S.D., 1:12-CV-06350 (challenging compound patents on Emtricitabine)
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., v. CIPLA LIMITED, U.S. - District Court - New York S.D., 1:12-CV-06351 (challenging compound patents on Tenofovir)
PFIZER INC. ET AL v. BRECKENRIDGE PHARMACEUTICAL INC., ALEMBIC LTD., ET AL., U.S. - District Court – Delaware, 1:12-CV-00810 (challenging compound patents on O-Desmethylvenlafaxine Succinate)
FERRING B.V. v. WATSON LABORATORIES, INC-FLORIDA, U.S. – District Court – Nevada, 3:11-CV-00481 (challenging formulation claims on Tranexamic Acid tablets)
SANOFI-AVENTIS ET AL v. ACTAVIS SOUTH ATLANTIC LLC ET AL, U.S. – District Court – Delaware, 1:07-CV-00572 (challenging reissue compound patent on Celocoxib tablets)
ASTRAZENECA AB, ET AL v. WATSON LABORATORIES, INC. – FLORIDA, U.S. – District Court – New Jersey, 3:13-cv-01669 (challenging compound patent on Esomeprazole Magnesium)
ABBVIE INC. ET AL v. WATSON LABORATORIES INC. – FLORIDA, U.S. - District Court –Delaware, 1:12-CV-00324 (challenged formulation patents on niacin extended release tablets)
ENDO PHARMA V. WATSON LABORATORIES, INC., U.S. District Court – New Jersey, 10-1242 (challenged formulation patents on Opana ER (original formulation))
ABBOTT LABORATORIES ET AL v. WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS INC. ET AL, U.S. – District Court – Delaware, 1:10-CV-00373 (challenged formulation patents on Niacin/Simvistatin Combo tablets)
ALTANA PHARMA AG V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., U.S. District Court – New Jersey, 04-2335 (challenged compound patent up through denial of Preliminary Injunction motion).
ALMIRALL, ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 06-2293 (challenged formulation patents and defended related business tort claims)
GLAXO GROUP LTD. V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS, U.S. District Court – Delaware, 04-171 (challenged formulation patents on ranitidine syrup)
2) Representation of Patent Holders in Affirmative Enforcement Actions
REMBRANDT GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, LP v. BOYD GAMING CORPORATION ET AL., U.S. - District Court – Nevada, 2:12-CV-00775 (Video Slot Machines)
POLYFORM A.G.P. ET AL v. AIRLITE PLASTICS, U.S. – District Court – Nebraska, 8:10-CV-00458 (Insulated Concrete Forms)
QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INC. v. TOM W. THURMAN, INC., U.S. – District Court – Minnesota, 0:10-CV-00962 (Precision Milk Sampling Apparatus)
UNIVERSAL RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC. v. SOUNDBITE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., U.S. – District Court – Minnesota, 0:08-CV-01199 (Call Center Technology with associated business tort claims)
AMAZIN RAISINS INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC., U.S. – District Court – Massachusetts, 1:04-CV-12679 (Patent on changing the flavor of dried fruit products)
KAPAK COMPANY, LLC v. J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY, THE ET AL., U.S. – District Court – Minnesota, 0:09-CV-00934 (coffee packaging technology)
DE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. DELL, INC., U.S. – District Court – Virginia W.D., 7:04-CV-00628 (international business transaction methods)
UPSHER-SMITH LAB INC v. PAN AMERICAN LAB, ET AL., U.S. – District Court – Minnesota, 0:01-CV-00352 (prescription strength B6 and B12 vitamin combinations)
VISION-EASE LENS INC v. K B CO., U.S. – District Court – Minnesota, 0:02-CV-00013 (prescription polarized injection molded eyeglass lenses)
MILLER MANUFACTRUING COMPANY v. ROYAL PET INCORPORATED, U.S. – District Court – Minnesota, 0:05-CV-02803 (electronic cattle prod)
VOLOVIK v. CHIRON DIAGNOSTICS, ET AL, U.S. – District Court – Minnesota, 0:01-CV-01426 (precision fluid pumps)
3) Representing Defendants in Patent Enforcement Actions
PHIL-INSUL CORP. v. REWARD WALL SYSTEMS, INC. ET AL., U.S. - District Court – Nebraska, 8:12-CV-00091 (insulated concrete forms)
AUTOMATED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, ET AL. v. EMAINT ENTERPRISES, LLC, ET AL., U.S. – District Court – Nebraska, 8:09-CV-00390 (defense of claims involving facilities management methods)
MAIN HASTINGS, LLC v. CONAGRA FOODS, INC., U.S. – District Court – Texas E.D., 2:10-CV-00402 (Method Patents Addressing Memory Allocation Schemes)
THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC. v. DECKO PRODUCTS ET AL, U.S. – District Court – Illinois N.D., 1:10-CV-07843 (Electronic Garage Door Openers)
ARCTIC CAT, INC. v. INJECTION RESEARCH, ET AL., U.S. – District Court – Minnesota, 0:01-CV-00543 (electronic fuel injected two-stroke snowmobile engines)
HARNISCHFEGER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. DRIVES AND CONTROL SERVICES, INC. U.S. – District Court – Nevada, CV-S-03-01199 (programmable logic controllers)
SOUNDBITE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. UNIVERSAL RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC. ET AL, U.S. – District Court – Massachusetts, 1:07-CV-12003 (call center technology and business tort claims)
SONIC INNOVATIONS v. STARKEY LAB, ET AL., U.S. – District Court – Utah, 2:03-CV-00670 (hearing aids)
ENGINEERED PRODUCTS CO. V. DONALDSON CO., INC., U.S. – District Court – Iowa N.D., 6:98-cv-02106 (air restriction indicators). 4) Other Intellectual Property Litigation Matters
PREMIER PET PRODUCTS, LLC v. J.W. PET COMPANY, INC., U.S. – District Court – Minnesota, 0:10-CV-00310 (Pet Toys)
TRIM-TEX, INC. v. PHILLIPS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, U.S. – District Court – Illinois N.D., 1:09-CV- 07974 (Defense of trademark infringement claims)
EISENBARTH v. FWM LABORATORIES, INC. ET AL., U.S. – District Court –Minnesota, 0:09-CV-03525 (Prosecuting Theft of Client’s Image by various websites selling fraudulent weight loss product)
DRIVES & CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC. v. ELECTRICAL TECHNICAL SERVICE & REPAIR, INC., ET AL., U.S. – District Court – Wyoming, 2:08-CV-00256 (enforcing copyright on programmable logic controller software for the mining industry)
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC v. MEDICA HEALTH PLANS , ET AL., AAA Arbitration (private arbitration involving prescription drug claim adjudication and ministration)