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Ocular says lawsuit is without merit

East Bay Business Times - November 7, 2002

Ocular Sciences Inc., a Concord-based maker of contact lenses distributed through eye care professionals, today said a lawsuit alleging its color contact lenses infringes patents held by a subsidiary of CIBA Vision Corp. is without merit.

The company has not yet filed an answer to the complaint, but said it is confident that its lenses are manufactured based on its own technology. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of California seeks damages including unspecified punitive damages, attorney's fees, costs and an injunction preventing the alleged infringement.

Ocular said its lenses are manufactured based on its own technology and it intends to "vigorously defend itself against the allegations."

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