March 04, 2025
Alcon and Lens.com informed a New York federal judge Tuesday that they've agreed to resolve their long-running trademark dispute over claims that Lens.com was reselling some of Alcon's products without authorization.
July 09, 2024
The Florida federal judge presiding over the multidistrict litigation alleging disposable contact lens sellers conspired to fix prices refused Tuesday to let Alcon escape antitrust claims by an online contact lens reseller and sent the suit back to New York.
November 21, 2023
A New York federal judge on Tuesday slashed Alcon Vision's $1.17 million fee request for its attorneys at Morrison Foerster LLP after securing sanctions against Lens.com over its bad faith counterclaims in a trademark dispute, instead awarding $227,000 after finding "glaring deficiencies" in the fee request.
April 10, 2023
A company that resells contact lenses online is making another go of trying to convince a federal judge in Brooklyn to throw out a long-winding "gray market" trademark lawsuit from a Novartis eye care spinoff, which is insisting a fight over alleged differences in lens packaging belongs firmly in front of a jury.
July 08, 2022
A New York federal judge has slapped Lens.com Inc. and its attorneys with sanctions for filing bad faith counterclaims in a trademark suit brought by Alcon Vision LLC, saying the website's counterclaims served no legitimate purpose and were filed to "harass, and cause delay, expense and vexation to Alcon."
August 21, 2020
Contact lens maker Alcon Vision LLC called for a New York federal court to slap sanctions on Lens.com Inc. after the website allegedly "abused and wasted Alcon's and the court's time and resources" in Alcon's trademark lawsuit accusing Lens.com of selling its products without authorization.
January 17, 2019
Lens.com Inc. lost a bid to kill or move a trademark case to its home state of Nevada on Thursday, after a New York federal judge decided contact lens maker Alcon Laboratories Inc. had properly brought the suit in the Brooklyn-based court.