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IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. v. ABAXIS, INC.

No. CIV.02-69-P-H.

222 F.Supp.2d 66 (2002)

IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC., Plaintiff v. ABAXIS, INC. and S.A. Scientific, Inc., Defendants

United States District Court, D. Maine.

September 2, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Rubin, Todd S. Holbrook, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, ME, Joshua R. Rich, Daniel A. Boehnen, Jeffrey A. Steck, McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff, Chicago, IL, for Idexx Laboratories, Inc., plaintiff.

James G. Goggin, Verrill & Dana, Portland, ME, Brent P. Lorimer, Thomas R. Vuksinick, William R. Richter, Workman, Nydegger & Seeley, Salt Lake City, UT, for Abaxis, Inc., defendant.

James G. Goggin, Verrill & Dana, Portland, ME, Bernard L. Buecker, San Antonio, TX, Peter L. Kilpatrick, Langley & Banack, Inc., San Antonio, TX, for S.A. Scientific, Inc., defendant.

ORDER ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

HORNBY, Chief Judge.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. ("IDEXX") accuses S.A. Scientific, Inc. ("SAS") and Abaxis, Inc. ("Abaxis") (hereafter "SAS/Abaxis") of infringing two IDEXX patents useful for detecting antigens in whole blood: '096, a process or method patent, and '187, an apparatus patent. IDEXX claims that, prior to its invention, testing of whole blood was difficult, because the blood's redness interfered with...

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