Legal Opinion
Abbott Laboratories v. Cordis Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 20, 2013No. 2012-1244PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Cordis Corporation appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granting Abbott Laboratories’ motion to quash two subpoenas duces tecum issued pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 24. We conclude that section 24 only empowers a district court to issue a subpoena for use in a “contested case,” and that contested cases are limited to those in which the regulations of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) authorize the parties to take depositions. Since the PTO does not provide for depositions in inter partes…
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