발생일자 2015.05.28 

사건번호 1:15-cv-00429 

법원국가 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

관할법원명 D.C.Delaware(지방법원) 

침해권리 특허 

원고명 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( 미국 / 외국기업 )  

피고명 VINTAGE PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC ( 미국 / 외국기업 )  

소송유형 침해금지 

[Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. VINTAGE PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC] 사건번호 1:15-cv-00429에 따르면 원고 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.는 피고 VINTAGE PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC을 상대로 특허 US6214815을 침해하였다는 이유로 미국 델라웨어 지방법원에 소를 제기하였다. 

분쟁결과 분쟁중 

산업분류 화학∙바이오 > 의약품 

계쟁제품 Generic version of ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO 

지재권번호/명칭

US6214815   Triphasic oral contraceptive 

A method of contraception in which an estrogen and a progestogen are administered daily in a three phase sequence for 21 days is disclosed. In the first phase a combination of an estrogen and a progestogen in a low but contraceptively effective daily dosage corresponding in estrogenic activity to 23-28 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and in progestogenic activity to 0.065-0.75 mg of norethindrone is administered for 5-8 days; followed by the administering of the same dosage of estrogen and a progestogen corresponding in progestogenic activity to 0.25-1.0 mg of norethindrone for 7-11 days; followed by the administering of the same dosage of estrogen and a progestogen corresponding in progestogenic activity to 0.35-2.0 mg of norethindrone for 3-7 days; followed by 4-8 days without administering either an estrogen or a progestogen. 

1. A method of contraception which comprises administering for 21 successive days to a female of childbearing age a combination of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and norgestimate for the first 7 days in a daily dosage corresponding to 25 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and 0.180 mg of norgestimate, for the succeeding 7 days a daily dosage equal to 25 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol aid 0.215 mg of norgestimate; and for the next 7 days a daily dosage equal to 25 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and 0.250 mg of norgestimate; followed by 7 days without estrogen and progestogen administration. 

2. A triphasic oral contraceptive unit having 21 separate dosage units, adapted for successive daily oral administration comprising: 5-8 dosage units containing, in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a combination of an estrogen and a progestogen at contraceptively effective dosages corresponding in estrogenic activity to 25 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and in progestogenic activity to 0.180 mg of norgestimate as a first phase; followed by 7-11 dosage units containing in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a combination of an estrogen and a progestagen at a contraceptively effective dosage corresponding in estrogenic activity to 25 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and in progestogenic activity to 0.215 mg of norgestimate as a second phase; followed by 3-7 dosage units containing in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a combination of an estrogen at a contraceptively effective dosage corresponding in estrogenic activity to 25 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and in progestogenic activity to 0.250 mg of norgestimate as a third phase; and optionally containing 4-8 additional dosage units free of estrogen and progestogen. 

3. A method of contraception which comprises administering for 21 successive days to a female of childbearing age a combination of an estrogen and a progestogen in a contraceptively effective daily dosage in which there is a first phase of 5-8 days where the combination comprises a progestogen equivalent in effect to about 0.180 mg of norgestimate and an estrogen equivalent in effect to about 25 .mu.g of ethinyl estradiol; followed by a second phase of 7-11 days, where the combination comprises a progestogen equivalent in effect to about 0.215 mg of a norgestimate and an estrogen equivalent in effect to about 25 .mu.g of ethinyl estradiol; followed by a third phase of 3-7 days where the combination comprises a progestogen equivalent in effect to about 0.250 mg of norgestimate in combination with an estrogen equivalent in effect to about 25 .mu.g of ethinyl estradiol; and followed by 4-8 days which are free of hormone administration. 

4. A triphasic oral contraceptive unit having 21 separate dosage units, adapted for successive daily oral administration comprising: 7 dosage units containing in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, 25 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and 0.180 mg of norgestimate, 7 dosage units containing in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, 25 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and 0.215 mg of norgestimate; and 7 dosage units containing in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, 25 .mu.g of 17.alpha.-ethinylestradiol and 0.250 mg of norgestimate; and optionally containing 7 additional dosage units free of estrogen and progestogen.