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Intellectual Property

Jan. 26, 2010

Patent Deemed Unenforceable

A federal appeals court on Monday affirmed a ruling that an Abbott Laboratories patent for technology used in a blood-glucose measuring device is unenforceable because the company's attorney misled the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal appeals court on Monday affirmed a San Francisco federal judge's ruling that an Abbott Laboratories patent for technology used in a blood-glucose measuring device is unenforceable because the company's attorney misled the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

In a split decision, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld U.S. District Judge William Alsup&#...

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