Impact of a covenant not to sue on declaratory judgment jurisdiction

Mark E. Waddell discusses declaratory judgment issues concerning the impact of a covenant not to sue within the case of Merck & Co., Inc., v. Apotex, Inc. , Civ. No. 06-230, Memorandum Opinion (D. Del., May 21, 2007) and Caraco Pharmaceutical Labs., Ltd. v. Forest Labs., Inc. , et al., No. 2007-1404 (Fed. Cir., April 1, 2008).

Separately, on dj, see 271 blog:

CAFC: DJ Plaintiff Must Take "Significat, Concrete Steps To Conduct Infringing Activity" To Satisfy MedImmune Test