# Ridiculousness

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ridiculousness/12126
**Category:** D-News
**Tags:** dexcom, freestyle-libre
**Created:** [December 4, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ridiculousness/12126 "2021-12-04T01:38:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Mariethm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mariethm/32/11739_2.png) [@Mariethm](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Mariethm)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ridiculousness/12126/1 "2021-12-04T01:38:29Z")

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> **[Abbott sues DexCom over glucose-monitoring patent settlement, license](https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/abbott-sues-dexcom-over-glucose-monitoring-patent-settlement-license-2021-12-02/)**
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> An Abbott Laboratories subsidiary focused on diabetes care sued rival DexCom in Delaware federal court for allegedly violating a 2014 settlement agreement and asked the court to declare that Abbott doesn't infringe its patents.

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### Author: ![bostrav59](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/bostrav59/32/7281_2.png) [@bostrav59](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bostrav59)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ridiculousness/12126/2 "2021-12-05T01:04:02Z")

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I have worked a bit in the medical products industry and these guys are always suing each other. It’s part of the industry culture.

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### Author: ![Marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Marie](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Marie)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ridiculousness/12126/3 "2021-12-05T03:13:18Z")

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Jiminy Crickets… my only question is what took them so long after March and the agreements ended? Waiting to see who breathed first?