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Cephalon, Inc. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 11-1326 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 8, 2011)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 11-1326
Decided
December 8, 2011
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

CEPHALON, INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,

WATSON LABORATORIES, INC., and WATSON PHARMA, INC.,

Defendants-Appellants.

2011-1326, -1371

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in No. 09-CV-0724, Judge Sue L. Robinson.

JUDGMENT

WILLIAM F. LEE, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for plaintiff-appellee. With him on the brief were MARK C. FLEMING; and WILLIAM G. MCELWAIN, CAROLYN JACOBS CHACHKIN and JACOB S. OYLOE, of Washington, DC. Of counsel on the brief were WILLIAM J. MARSDEN, JR., Fish & Richardson P.C., of Wilmington, Delaware; and JUANITA R. BROOKS, of San Diego, California; and JONATHAN E. SINGER, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2JAMES K. STRONSKI, Crowell & Moring, LLP, of New York, New York, argued for defendants-appellants. With him on the brief were CHIEMI D. SUZUKI, and JACOB Z. ZAMBRZYCKI.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 8, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk

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