CHIRON HCV PATENT PROTECTION CAMPAIGN EXPANDED TO JAPAN
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CHIRON HCV PATENT PROTECTION CAMPAIGN EXPANDED TO JAPAN with the filing of a suit in the Tokyo District Court seeking a preliminary in junction against Kyokuto Seiyaku Kogyo Inc., the Japanese distributor of hepatitis C virus immunoassays for United Biomedical Inc. According to Chiron, HCV tests manufactured by Hauppauge, New York-based UBI and shipped to Japan for distribution infringe Chiron's Kokoku Patent (Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-81600).