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CIBA Vision reaches lawsuit settlement

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ATLANTA – CIBA Vision has reached a settlement in its ongoing patent infringement lawsuits against CooperVision. The lawsuits, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, pertain to the companies’ respective color contact lens products. The original suit, filed by CIBA and Wesley Jessen on April 20, 2001, alleged that Frequency Colors infringe the “innovative color technology” protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,414,477 and U.S. Patent No. 4,668,240, owned by Wesley Jessen. On Aug. 22, 2002, the U.S. Court granted CIBA Vision’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Infringement and affirmed that Frequency Colors infringe the patent that protects the FreshLook ColorBlends brand of lenses. CIBA Vision has agreed to license these and other color contact lens patents to CooperVision in return for a royalty and a cross-license of some of CooperVision’s intellectual property rights.