ANSELL HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS LLC v. Tillotson Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.

The parties to this litigation are caught up in a massive struggle over the legitima cy of a patent covering an “elastomeric material” that is peculiarly suited to making surgical gloves that conform to the shape of a surgeon’s hands but do not exert pressure that might numb the hands. Litigation is being pursued in federal courts in Georgia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, as well as before the International Trade Commission (“ITC”). In this Court, Ansell Healthcare Products LLC and Ansell Protective Products, Inc. (collectively,…