Patent Law

The following is excerpted from a June 4, 2008 Business Wire press release:

Guangdong Food Industry Institute (GDFII/L&P Food), a leading manufacturer of sucralose, announces that Administrative Law Judge Charles E. Bullock of the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has extended the target date for the ITC?s final decision to January 12, 2009 on Tate & Lyle?s Section 337 complaint (docket# 337-TA-604). The complaint alleges infringement of process patents relating to the production of sucralose and certain intermediate compounds. The extension is due to the ITC?s heavy workload.

Mr. Wang Sanyong, a corporate officer of GDFII/L&P Food comments, ?We have presented the facts to the ITC as fully and completely as possible. One of the patents asserted by T&L was dropped before the hearing and after an inspection of our facility; T&L?s expert acknowledged that GDFII/L&P Food?s current process, as inspected, does not infringe two of the other patents; and a fourth patent expires in July 2009, only a few months after the new target date for the ITC?s final decision.

Read the full release here.