Bayer Ag v. Elan Pharmaceutical Research Corp‪.‬

The Mead Corporation ("Mead") appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, holding that Mead infringed claims 1 and 13 of U.S. Patent No. 5,241,806 ("the 806 patent") owned by Riverwood International Corporation ("Riverwood") and that these claims were not invalid for obviousness. See Riverwood Intl Corp. v. Mead Corp., No. 1:94-CV-0090-CAM (N.D. Ga. Jan. 13, 1999) ("Order"). Because the district court erroneously concluded as a matter of law that the claims were not invalid for obviousness, we reverse.