Polymer enjoined from making, selling test strips for LifeScan glucose meter.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
POLYMER TECHNOLOGY NO LONGER CAN MAKE OR SELL GLUCOSE TEST STRIP that infringes patents held by Johnson & Johnson's LifeScan subsidiary under a May 31 court decision. Judge Barbara Rothstein of the U.S. District Court for Western Washington ruled that Polymer's First Choice blood glucose test strip, which is intended for use with LifeScan's One Touch glucose meter, infringes three patents held by the J&J subsidiary. Polymer marketed the off-brand test strip as a low-cost alternative to replacement test strips supplied by LifeScan.