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Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2007-06-26
Author: Jeff St.Onge
Intro: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the second-largest U.S. cigarette maker, won a ruling that two Star Scientific Inc. patents covering a formula for reducing carcinogens in tobacco are unenforceable.
Star sued Reynolds in federal court in 2001, claiming infringement of the patented inventions. Star, a developer of low-toxin tobacco products, sought hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for the claimed violations.
U.S. District Judge Marvin Garbis in Greenbelt, Maryland, ruled today that Star deceived the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in obtaining formal rights to its invention. The agency requires applicants to disclose all material information about a new invention. Star has said it would appeal.
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