And Mentor takes a different view. Oh well, sounds like Washington.
<<<Mentor Announces Court Sets Trial Date For Patent Infringement Suit
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Corporation (Nasdaq: MNTR) today announced that at a hearing conducted last Friday, September 11, 1998, Judge Keller of the U.S. District Court of California found that Mentor had demonstrated a "likelihood of success on the merits" of its patent infringement suit against defendants Misonix, Inc., Lysonix, Inc. and Medical Device Alliance, Inc. In its suit Mentor claims that defendants' marketing and sale of their Lysonix 2000 ultrasonic-assisted liposuction device constitutes willful patent infringement.
While the Court declined Mentor's request for an immediate injunction, the Court set an early trial of the matter for January 1999. In addition, the Court rejected certain of the defendants' arguments concerning their interpretations of the patent.
Mentor Corporation produces medical and surgical devices for the specialties of ophthalmic surgery, urology and plastic surgery. This release may contain forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.
SOURCE Mentor Corporation
CO: Mentor Corporation; Misonix, Inc.; Lysonix, Inc.; Medical Device Alliance, Inc.
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