Legal Opinion
Forest Laboratories, Inc. And Ony, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, and Tokyo Tanabe Company, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 7, 2003No. 03-1067PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Abbott Laboratories appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York awarding attorney fees and expenses to ONY, Inc. and Forest Laboratories, Inc. based on Abbott’s conduct that led to a holding of equitable estoppel. Forest Labs., Inc. v. Abbott Labs., No. 96-CV-159A (W.D.N.Y. Sept. 4, 2001) (“Forest TV”). Because we conclude that the court erred in finding this case to be “exceptional” under 35 U.S.C. § 285, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
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