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Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc., No. 14-1838 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 10, 2015)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 14-1838
Decided
August 10, 2015
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellee

AVANIR HOLDING COMPANY, CENTER FOR

NEUROLOGICAL STUDY,

Plaintiffs

v.

PAR PHARMACEUTICAL INC., PAR

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES INC.,

Defendants-Appellants

2014-1838

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in No. 1:11-cv-00704-LPS, Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark.

JUDGMENT

F. DOMINIC CERRITO, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Also represented by ERIC C. STOPS, EVANGELINE SHIH, DANIEL C. WIESNER.

2JANINE A. CARLAN, Arent Fox, LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by RICHARD J. BERMAN, AZIZ BURGY, TANIEL ERMANO ANDERSON, STEPHEN YANG.

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

PER CURIAM (CHEN, LINN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judg-

es).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

August 10, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court

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