Legal Opinion
Nutrition 21 v. The United States of America v. Thorne Research, Inc., Albert F. Czap
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 20, 1991No. 90-1283PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Chief Judge.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Nutrition 21 v. Thorne Research Inc., 14 USPQ2d 1244 (1990), granted a preliminary injunction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 283 (1988), enjoining the defendants and others “from selling or offering for sale chromium picolinate.” Id. at 14 USPQ2d at 1248. The product chromium picolinate is encompassed within claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 4,315,927 (’927) owned by the United States. The defendants seek relief from the injunction on the ground, inter alia, that the district court erred by failing to set forth…
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