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Apotex, Google, Lofgren, Uhlig, USPTO: Intellectual Property

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Apotex Inc. asked a judge to rule that its plan to market a generic version of the blood-pressure medicine Benicar won’t infringe patent rights held by drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. or its American unit.

In a petition filed yesterday in federal court in Chicago, closely held Apotex said a finding of non-infringement on one of two relevant patents will let it compete sooner with Mylan Inc., the maker of generic drugs that also intends to sell a version of the medication.

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