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Jump to full article: The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, 2009-06-12
Author: Brent Kendall, Dow Jones Newswires
Intro: The fortunes of aspiring tobacco company Star Scientific Inc. (STSI) could hinge on a high-stakes patent-infringement case that goes to a federal jury in Baltimore next week.
Star, a small tobacco company with a big patent claim, says it has invented a method of curing tobacco that prevents the formation of certain cancer-causing toxins.
The Virginia-based company sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., a unit of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI), alleging that the nation's second-biggest tobacco company encouraged its tobacco farmers to practice Star's patented curing method. . . .
After several years of pre-trial legal wrangling, a patent-infringement trial began May 18. Closing arguments are likely to wrap up Monday, and then the case will be submitted to the jury for deliberations.
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