A federal jury in Newark has returned an $11.8 million verdict in a patent infringement suit over an apparatus for applying flea and tick repellent to pets.
Central Garden & Pet Co. of Ronkonkoma, New York, was ordered to pay $11,006,000 on June 27 for selling a product that infringed the patent held by Nite Glow Industries of Far Hills, along with an additional $825,450 for breaching a confidentiality agreement between the two companies. The verdict was entered after a 14-day trial before U.S. District Judge Katharine Hayden.
