ELENZA v. ALCON LABORATORIES HOLDING CORP.

No. 287, 2017.

183 A.3d 717 (2018)

ELENZA, INC., Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. ALCON LABORATORIES HOLDING CORPORATION and Alcon Research, Ltd., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Simeone, Esquire (Argued), Charles T. Kimmett, Esquire , Walter E. Anderson, Esquire , and John R. Grimm, Esquire , Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; Andrew D. Cordo, Esquire and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Esquire , Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, Delaware; for Plaintiff-Below, Appellant Elenza, Inc.

Heidi K. Hubbard, Esquire , Daniel P. Shanahan, Esquire , David Randall J. Riskin, Esquire (Argued), Tamara A. Rubb, Esquire , and Michelle L. Hood, Esquire , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; Michael P. Kelly, Esquire , Daniel M. Silver, Esquire , and Benjamin P. Smyth, Esquire , McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; for Defendant-Below, Appellees Alcon Laboratories Holding Corporation and Alcon Research, Ltd.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices.


Replacement lenses used to treat eye cataracts have a limitation — the new lenses focus only at one distance. In most cases, reading glasses are still required after surgery. Elenza, Inc. thought it had a solution to the problem — an electro-active intraocular lens ("EAIOL") that used electric power and changes in eye...

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