Legal Opinion
B. Braun Medical Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1995No. Civ. A. 93-3883PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
HUYETT, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
B. Braun Medical, Inc. (“Braun” or “Plaintiff’) commenced this action against Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) and Nypro, Inc. (“Nypro”) (Abbott and Nypro together, “Defendants”) alleging Defendants’ Luer Activated Valve (“NP LAV”) infringed U.S. Patent No. 4,683,916, assigned to Braun and entitled NORMALLY CLOSED AUTOMATIC REFLUX VALVE (“916 Patent”). Defendants’ First Amended Answer and Counterclaim set forth patent misuse as an affirmative defense and as the basis for a declaratory judgment and asked the Court to grant further relief.
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