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By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Suresh Pillai -- Capricorn Keeps Zicam® IP Suit Active, But Loses Bid for Inventorship Change The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has ruled that Capricorn Pharma, Inc. can proceed with its suit against Matrixx Initiatives Inc. for allegedly infringing Capricorn's patent covering Zicam®, a cold medication. The patent-in-suit, U.S. Patent No. 6,375,982, covers rapid semi-solid compositions and methods of making such compositions. In its complaint, Capricon alleges that Matrixx infringed the '982 patent following the expiration of a manufacturing agreement between the two companies, under which Capricorn had used its proprietary technology to manufacture RapidMelt® disintegrating...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).