Law360, New York (November 05, 2009) -- A federal judge has upheld a jury verdict awarding Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. and New York University a record $1.67 billion for their claims that Abbott Laboratories' flagship arthritis drug Humira infringed their patent.
In denying Abbott's post-trial bid to overturn the largest patent verdict in U.S. history, Judge T. John Ward of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled...
