Yeda Research & Development Co. v. Abbott GmbH & Co. KG

OPINION

ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.

The parties in this patent case dispute which was the first to purify and isolate a protein called TBP-II. Working independently in two different countries, Yeda and Abbott filed patent applications just nine days apart in 1989. Twenty-four years later, litigation continues over which has priority to *99the United States patent for the protein, with each party having won and lost battles along the way. Abbott was granted the U.S. patent in 2000. However, Yeda succeeded in invalidating Abbott’s patent in administrative proceedings before the United…