Dermal Filler Maker Owes $5.1 Million for Patent Infringement

December 22, 2023, 7:03 PM UTC

A federal judge awarded more than $5 million to a maker of an injectable cosmetic dermal filler after a rival it sued for patent infringement failed to replace lawyers who withdrew from the case.

Galderma Laboratories LP, which makes Sculptra, a product used to treat wrinkles, sued Medinter US LLC in 2018 over sales of its competing Derma Veil product.

After a number of twists and turns in the case, Medinter informed the court on Jan. 6 that their then-counsel at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati was withdrawing. The court gave Medinter time to find new lawyers, but it missed ...

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