Legal Opinion
B. Braun Medical, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 25, 1999No. CIV. A. 98-3883PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
O’NEILL, District Judge.
Braun sued Abbott and NP Medical for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4,683,916. Defendants denied infringement and alleged that the Braun patent was invalid. In addition, defendants asserted as affirmative defenses patent misuse, equitable estoppel and implied license. Incorporating the allegations of their affirmative defenses, they also filed a counterclaim for declaratory judgment of non-infringement, patent invalidity and non-enforceability and for “such other and further relief as [the Court] deems just and proper.”
In November, 1994, a jury found that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- B. Braun Medical, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories and Np Medical, Inc., Defendants/cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
- City of Rome v. GlantonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
- Compro-Frink Co. v. Valk Manufacturing Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- B. Braun Medical Inc. v. Abbott LaboratoriesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1995
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