Legal Opinion
Cook Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 26, 2002No. 01 C 9479PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KOCORAS, District Judge.
This matter comes before the court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the motion of Plaintiff Cook, Inc. (“Cook”) is denied and the motion of Defendant Boston Scientific Corporation (“Boston”) is granted.
BACKGROUND
In 1997, a Canadian corporation called Angiotech entered into an exclusive licensing agreement (“the Angiotech Agreement”) with Cook and Boston. The subject of the license was certain patent rights to an invention that allows expandable metal tubes called stents to be coated with medication…
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