Legal Proceedings/Filings

2003: UGARF sued KB Visions for trademark infringement for using the name "UGARF" in legal notices. Dismissed in a Summary Judgment.

2004: UGARF sued KB Visions to have the court escrow royalties due KB Visions Dismissed in a Summary Judgment.

2004: Kaswan sued UGARF to enforce the unsigned contract to reassign the patents to Kaswan Dismissed in a Summary Judgment.

2004: Kaswan sued UGARF and Allergan for breach of contract and Allergan for fraudulent and tortious interference with her employment contract. All except one claim, failure to pay inventor's share of royalties, were dismissed in a Summary Judgment Several claims are pending appeal of a Summary Judgment. Disputes over interest and unreasonable deduction of legal fees are currently being adjudicated. Breach of contract claims will be eligible for appeal following written court order on the non-payment claim.

2004: UGARF sued KB Visions for breach of patent license contract, KBV countersued Currently in litigation.

2008: UGARF sued KB Visions to escrow inventor's share of royalties Currently in litigation.

Awards/Legal Rulings

UGARF v. KB Visions/Renee Kaswan: KB Visions was awarded a Summary Judgment dismissal and legal costs.

Kaswan v. UGARF/Allergan: Defendants awarded Summary Judgment on all claims except one. The claim for payment of inventor's share, interest and restoration of legal expense deductions is being adjudicated following which an appeal of the Summary Judgment dismissal of additional claims is anticipated.

Pertinent Documents

Many of the case documents are still under court seal at the insistence of Allergan and UGARF. After years of haggling over discovery disputes, Allergan's evidence was produced "for attorney's eyes only" and has not been publicly examined, nor examined even by Dr. Kaswan. Most court documents were unsealed in 2008 at Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Richard Whitt's request.