StemCells Claims Survive In Libel Suit Over IP Spat

Law360, New York (August 05, 2009, 2:57 PM ET) -- A federal judge has denied a bid by Neuralstem Inc. to toss two counts from a trade libel defamation dispute with biotech firm StemCells Inc., which accuses Neuralstem of issuing a series of misleading statements and unfair business practices in connection with a patent infringement suit between the rivals.

Judge Alexander Williams Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on Tuesday denied Neuralstem's motion to dismiss two of five counts of StemCells' counterclaim, though he threw out one count after finding that...
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