Legal Opinion
Abbott Laboratories v. Diamedix Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 21, 1997No. 96 C 5201PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
LEINENWEBER, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
On September 29, 1975, Seymour P. Halbert applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “PTO”) for two patents which eventually became United States Patent Nos. 4,474,878 (the “ ’878 patent”) and 4,642,285 (the “’285 patent”). These patents are currently owned by defendant Diamedix Corporation (“Diamedix”) and are licenced exclusively to plaintiff Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”). Abbott filed suit in this court seeking a declaration that the ’878 and ’285 patents are invalid and that the licensing agreement is…
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