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Federal Circuit Grants Injunction Pending Disposition of Lilly v. Actavis Elizabeth

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an Order today in Eli Lilly & Co. v. Actavis Elizabeth LLC, granting Lilly's request for an injunction to prevent Defendants-Appellees from launching generic versions of Lilly's ADHD drug Strattera® until Lilly's appeal has been resolved. On August 25, Lilly filed a notice of appeal seeking review of a decision by the District Court for the District of New Jersey invalidating Lilly's U.S. Patent No. 5,658,590 for lack of enablement, and then immediately moved for an injunction pending disposition of its appeal. Defendants-Appellees opposed Lilly's request...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on September 02, 2010 (boomark / email).