Legal Opinion
Bausch & Lomb Inc. v. Ciba Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided March 17, 1999No. 6:98-cv-06586PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff, Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (“B & L”), commenced this action on December 12, 1998. The original complaint sought a declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202 declaring three patents held by defendants CIBA Vision Corporation (“CIBA”) and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization not to be infringed by B & L’s manufacture and distribution of its PureVision contact lenses, and if infringed to be invalid. The complaint also sought a judgment declaring B & L’s non-infringement of CIBA’s “Pure Eyes”…
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