Legal Opinion
Hybritech Incorporated v. Abbott Laboratories
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 17, 1988No. 87-1467PublishedCited by 309 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
In this patent case, the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued a preliminary injunction order enjoining Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) from manufacturing, using, or selling monoclonal antibody sandwich assays that infringe claims of Hybritech Inc.’s (Hybri-tech) United States Patent No. 4,376,110 (’110 patent). 1 This injunction was stayed by the district court pending Abbott’s appeal to this court. We affirm.
I. Issue
The sole question on appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in preliminarily enjoining…
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