Judge Jeff Kaplan of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas order Glycoproducts to pay $773,347 in legal fees for the successful prosecution of its infringement claims for Mannatech’s Ambrotose products.
In July of 2008 a judge handed down a ruling that Glycobiotics infringed on two of Mannatech’s patents concerning Mannatech’s Ambrotose products. The case had been ongoing for almost 2 years, originally filed in March of 2006. As part of the ruling, Glycobiotics had to immediately stop producing and selling the products specified in the case as well as deliver said products to Mannatech directly for destruction.
“Mannatech has demonstrated that it will fight to protect its intellectual property. The Court’s award of more than $770,000 in attorneys’ fees, along with the Court’s previous entry of a final judgment and permanent injunction, is further notice to all interested parties that we will do what is necessary to support our products and our independent sales Associates in the field,” said Keith Clark, senior vice president and general counsel of Mannatech.
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