throbber
Case 1:15-cv-00272-GMS Document 101 Filed 10/18/16 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 1630
`
`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
`
`C.A. No. 15-272 (GMS)
`CONSOLIDATED
`
`)))))))))))))
`
`FOREST LABORATORIES, LLC, FOREST
`LABORATORIES HOLDINGS, LTD.,
`MERCK KGaA and MERCK PATENT
`GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRÄNKTER
`HAFTUNG,
`
`Plaintiffs,
`
`v.
`
`ACCORD HEALTHCARE INC.,
`
`Defendant.
`
`STIPULATION AND ORDER
`
`IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that
`
`the following constructions shall be given to the claim terms in the listed patents below:
`
`Claim Term
`
`Patent/Claim
`
`Stipulated Construction
`
`“administer”
`“administered”
`“administering”
`
`’020 patent, claim 2;
`’195 patent, claims 1-2;
`’804 patent, claim 1;
`’921 patent, claims 10, 12-14
`
`“deliver[ed/ing] into the body”
`
`“corresponding to”
`
`’804 patent, claims 1-3
`
`“exhibits the following
`XRD data”
`
`’020 patent, claim 1
`
`“matching the values recited in the
`claims, including the error ranges
`stated therein”
`
`“show all the following peaks and
`intensities, including an error
`range of +/- 0.1o for the two-theta
`values”
`
`“A method of treating
`a patient suffering
`from a depressive
`disorder, an anxiety
`disorder, a bipolar
`
`‘020 patent, claim 2
`‘921 patent, claims 10, 12-14
`
`Entire preamble is limiting
`
`Merck 2014
`Argentum v. Merck
`IPR2018-00423
`
`

`

`Case 1:15-cv-00272-GMS Document 101 Filed 10/18/16 Page 2 of 6 PageID #: 1631
`
`Patent/Claim
`
`Stipulated Construction
`
`Claim Term
`disorder, mania,
`dementia, a substance-
`related disorder, a
`sexual dysfunction, an
`eating disorder,
`obesity, fibromyalgia,
`a sleeping disorder, a
`psychiatric disorder,
`cerebral infarct,
`tension, side-effects in
`the treatment of
`hypertension, a
`cerebral disorder,
`chronic pain,
`acromegaly,
`hypogonadism,
`secondary
`amenorrhea,
`premenstrual
`syndrome, undesired
`puerperal lactation, or
`combinations thereof
`…”
`
`IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED by the parties, pursuant to Exhibit A to the Joint Claim
`
`Construction Chart (D.I. 80), and subject to the approval of the Court, that the following
`
`constructions shall be given to the claim terms in the listed patents below:
`
`Terms for which the parties agree on claim construction
`
`Claim Term
`“treating”
`
`“is treated in the
`patient”
`
`Patent/Claim
`‘020 patent, claim 2;
`‘195 patent, claim 1
`‘804 patent, claim 1
`‘921 patent, claims 10, 12-14
`‘195 patent, claims 1
`‘804 patent, claim 1
`
`Stipulated Construction
`“attempting to cause a therapeutic
`effect on”
`
`“an attempt is made to cause a
`therapeutic effect in the patient”
`
`2
`
`

`

`Case 1:15-cv-00272-GMS Document 101 Filed 10/18/16 Page 3 of 6 PageID #: 1632
`
`Terms for which the parties agree no construction is required and plain and ordinary
`meaning should be applied
`
`Claim Term
`“hydrate”
`
`“anhydrate”
`
`“solvate”
`“dihydrochloride”
`“conventional”1
`
`Patent/Claim
`‘195 patent, claims 4-6;
`‘921 patent, claims 1, 5
`‘020 patent, claim 1
`‘195 patent, claims 3, 7
`‘804 patent, claim 1
`‘921 patent, claims 1-3, 5, 11
`‘921 patent, claims 1, 4
`‘921 patent, claim 1
`‘195 patent, claim 2
`‘804 patent, claim 1
`‘921 patent, claims 11, 15
`
`Clauses the parties agree are limiting
`
`Clause
`“wherein said patient is suffering from a depressive
`disorder”
`“wherein said patient is suffering from a major
`depressive disorder”
`“wherein the major depressive disorder is treated in
`the patient”
`“wherein a depressive disorder is treated in the
`patient”
`“wherein the depressive disorder is major depressive
`disorder”
`
`Patent/Claim
`‘020 patent, claim 4
`
`‘020 patent, claim 5
`
`‘804 patent, claim 1
`
`‘195 patent, claim 1
`
`‘195 patent, claim 16
`
`Clauses the parties agree are not limiting
`
`Clause
`“A method of treating a depressive disorder”
`“A method of treating a major depressive disorder”
`
`Patent/Claim
`‘195 patent, claim 1
`‘804 patent, claim 1
`
`The parties agree that these stipulated constructions apply only to the patents-in-suit, and
`
`have no bearing on the construction of claim terms in any other patent. Further, the stipulated
`
`constructions cannot be used as evidence against any party in any other pending or future suit.
`
`
`1 Defendants reserve the right to contend that this term is indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112.
`
`3
`
`

`

`Case 1:15-cv-00272-GMS Document 101 Filed 10/18/16 Page 4 of 6 PageID #: 1633
`
`MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
`
`PHILLIPS GOLDMAN MCLAUGHLIN & HALL, P.A.
`
`/s/ David A. Bilson
`
`John C. Phillips, Jr. (#110)
`David A. Bilson (#4986)
`1200 North Broom Street
`Wilmington, DE 19806
`(302) 655-4200
`dab@pgmhlaw.com
`jcp@pgmhlaw.com
`
`Attorneys for Defendant Accord Healthcare
`Inc.
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`Jill M. Browning
`Michael J. Fink
`Neil F. Greenblum
`P. Branko Pejic
`Paul A. Braier
`GREENBLUM AND BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
`1950 Roland Clarke Place # 100
`Reston, VA 20191
`(703) 390-1298
`
`/s/ Jack B. Blumenfeld
`_____________________________________
`Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014)
`Maryellen Noreika (#3208)
`1201 North Market Street
`P.O. Box 1347
`Wilmington, DE 19899
`(302) 658-9200
`jblumenfeld@mnat.com
`mnoreika@mnat.com
`
`Attorneys for Plaintiffs Forest Laboratories,
`LLC, Forest Laboratories Holdings, Ltd.,
`Merck KGaA, and Merck Patent GmbH
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`David B. Bassett
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`7 World Trade Center
`250 Greenwich Street
`New York, NY 10007
`(212) 230-8800
`
`Vinita Ferrera
`Emily R. Whelan
`Anna E. Lumelsky
`William C. Kinder
`Deric X. Geng, Ph.D.
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
`HALE AND DORR LLP
`60 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`(617) 526-6000
`
`4
`
`

`

`Case 1:15-cv-00272-GMS Document 101 Filed 10/18/16 Page 5 of 6 PageID #: 1634
`
`SMITH, KATZENSTEIN & JENKINS LLP
`
`/s/ Eve H. Ormerod
`
`Neal C. Belgam (#2721)
`Eve H. Ormerod (#5369)
`The Brandywine Building
`1000 West Street, Suite 1501
`P.O. Box 410
`Wilmington, DE 19899
`(302) 652-8400
`nbelgam@skjlaw.com
`eormerod@skjlaw.com
`
`Attorneys for Defendants Alembic
`Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Alembic Global
`Holding SA and Alembic
`Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`William O. Adams
`Karen M. Cassidy
`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
`Irvine, CA 92614
`(949) 760-0404
`
`CAESAR RIVISE, PC
`
`/s/ R. Touhey Myer
`
`R. Touhey Myer (#5939)
`800 North King Street, Suite 304
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 544-9100
`tmyer@crbcp.com
`
`Attorneys for Defendant Invagen
`Pharmaceuticals Inc.
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`Robert S. Silver
`Salvatore Guerriero
`Lynn Terrebonne
`Pei-Ru Wey
`CAESAR RIVISE, PC
`1635 Market Street
`Seven Penn Center, 12th Floor
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
`(215) 567-2010
`
`5
`
`

`

`Case 1:15-cv-00272-GMS Document 101 Filed 10/18/16 Page 6 of 6 PageID #: 1635
`
`POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON, LLP
`
`MORRIS JAMES LLP
`
`/s/ Bindu A. Palapura
`
`/s/ Kenneth L. Dorsney
`
`Kenneth L. Dorsney (#3726)
`500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500
`Wilmington, DE 19801-1494
`(302) 888-6855
`Kdorsney@morrisjames.com
`
`Counsel for Defendants Apotex Inc. and Apotex
`Corp.
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`Richard T. Ruzich
`Stephen R. Auten
`Ian Scott
`TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
`111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 2800
`Chicago, IL 60601
`(312) 527-4000
`
`David E. Moore (#3983)
`Bindu A. Palapura (#5370)
`1313 North Market Street
`Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor
`P.O. Box 951
`Wilmington, DE 19899-0951
`(302) 984-6000
`dmoore@potteranderson.com
`bpalapura@potteranderson.com
`
`Attorneys for Defendant Teva
`Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`J.C. Rozendaal
`Michael E. Joffre
`Miles J. Sweet
`KELLOGG, HUBER, HANSEN, TODD,
` EVANS & FIGEL, P.L.L.C.
`1615 M Street NW, Suite 400
`Washington, DC 20036
`(202) 326-7900
`
`October 18, 2016
`
`SO ORDERED this
`
`day of October 2016.
`
`United States District Judge
`
`6
`
`

This document is available on Docket Alarm but you must sign up to view it.


Or .

Accessing this document will incur an additional charge of $.

After purchase, you can access this document again without charge.

Accept $ Charge
throbber

Still Working On It

This document is taking longer than usual to download. This can happen if we need to contact the court directly to obtain the document and their servers are running slowly.

Give it another minute or two to complete, and then try the refresh button.

throbber

A few More Minutes ... Still Working

It can take up to 5 minutes for us to download a document if the court servers are running slowly.

Thank you for your continued patience.

This document could not be displayed.

We could not find this document within its docket. Please go back to the docket page and check the link. If that does not work, go back to the docket and refresh it to pull the newest information.

Your account does not support viewing this document.

You need a Paid Account to view this document. Click here to change your account type.

Your account does not support viewing this document.

Set your membership status to view this document.

With a Docket Alarm membership, you'll get a whole lot more, including:

  • Up-to-date information for this case.
  • Email alerts whenever there is an update.
  • Full text search for other cases.
  • Get email alerts whenever a new case matches your search.

Become a Member

One Moment Please

The filing “” is large (MB) and is being downloaded.

Please refresh this page in a few minutes to see if the filing has been downloaded. The filing will also be emailed to you when the download completes.

Your document is on its way!

If you do not receive the document in five minutes, contact support at support@docketalarm.com.

Sealed Document

We are unable to display this document, it may be under a court ordered seal.

If you have proper credentials to access the file, you may proceed directly to the court's system using your government issued username and password.


Access Government Site

We are redirecting you
to a mobile optimized page.





Document Unreadable or Corrupt

Refresh this Document
Go to the Docket

We are unable to display this document.

Refresh this Document
Go to the Docket