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Shilpa Pharma, Inc. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, No. 24-1181 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2025)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-1181
Decided
July 10, 2025
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
2 pages
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

SHILPA PHARMA, INC.,

Appellant

v.

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION,

Appellee

2024-1181

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2022-00886.

JUDGMENT

MARK BOLAND, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by MICHAEL R. DZWONCZYK, RAJA SALIBA.

WILLIAM M. JAY, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by ELIZABETH A. KIERNAN, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, TX; JANE M. LOVE, ROBERT TRENCHARD, New York, NY.

2THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge1, STOLL, Circuit

Judge, and BUMB, Chief District Judge ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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July 10, 2025

Date

Footnotes

  1. ↩ 1 Honorable Renée Marie Bumb, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting by designation.

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