In Brief: LifeScan v. Polymer Technology
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
LifeScan v. Polymer Technology: Polymer files "notice of appeal" June 1 in its ongoing patent dispute with Johnson & Johnson's LifeScan subsidiary over Polymer's right to manufacture and sell First Choice glucose test strips for use in LifeScan's One Touch glucose meter. The appeal, which will be heard in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., will seek to overturn a May 31 ruling by the U.S. District Court for Western Washington enjoining Polymer from making or selling the off-label test strip ("The Gray Sheet" June 5, p. 20)...