Legal Opinion
University of Colorado Foundation, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 3, 2003No. 02-1587PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
Drs. Robert H. Allen and Paul A. Selig-man (collectively, “the Doctors”) developed an idea to reformulate a prenatal multivitamin/mineral supplement. The Doctors described their idea in a confidential manuscript to American Cyanamid Company’s (“Cyanamid’s”) Chief of Nutritional Science, Dr. Leon Ellenbogen, who copied parts of that manuscript to obtain U.S. Patent No. 4,431,634 (“the '634 patent”). The United States District Court for the District of Colorado held, inter alia, Cyan-amid liable for fraudulent nondisclosure and unjust enrichment. Univ. of Colo. Found.,…
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