Sight for Kids Reaches 20 Million

Sight for Kids, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care’s partner program with the Lions Clubs International Foundation, has now reached 20 million children with free, volunteer-directed vision screenings. That’s the word from a Johnson & Johnson press release appearing on Yahoo! Finance Canada.  To broaden its worldwide impact, J&J will fund the expansion of Sight for Kids into Nairobi, Kenya, and Ankara, Turkey, the first two countries to receive its services in Africa and Europe. Read more.

Sports Main Reason for CLs, Says Report

“As sports fanatics gear up for the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil this summer, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care has reported research findings which reveal that sport is the main reason for people who require vision correction to consider contact lenses,” reports Optometry.Co.UK. “According to statistics from the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, almost 74% of people aged between 16 and 24 regularly play a sport, while just 13% of them who require vision correction wear contact lenses.” Read more.

Johnson & Johnson Wins Patent Case with Rembrandt Vision

“The Federal Circuit on Wednesday upheld a district court victory for Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. in a patent infringement case brought by Rembrandt Vision Technologies LP, finding that a judge correctly struck expert testimony the latter company claimed could have swayed the jury,” reports Law 360. “The 3-0 panel ruling affirms a decision by a Florida federal jury that two lines of Johnson & Johnson contact lenses did not infringe Rembrandt's patent for a type of soft contact lens that can be worn for extended periods.” Read more.

Rembrandt Wants Ruling on CL Patent Infringement Case

“Rembrandt Vision Technologies LP urged a Federal Circuit panel on Tuesday to reverse a jury verdict and judgment ruling that two lines of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. contact lenses don't infringe its patent, claiming the judge erroneously barred key evidence that could have swayed the jury,” says a recent Law 360 post. “According to Rembrandt, U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan granted an overly broad motion in limine prior to the jury trial.” Read more.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Gets Patent for Stabilized Contact Lens

"Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Jacksonville, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,322,851) developed by Pierre Gerligand, St. Johns, Fla., for stabilized contact lenses," reports Equities.com. "The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: 'Contact lenses with stabilization zones are designed using mathematical constructs such as Bezier curves and which are subjected to modeling on-eye performance.' "The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2009 (12/641,144). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,322,851&OS=8,322,851&RS=8,322,851." Read more.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Gets Patent for Screw-Cap Package for CLs

"Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Jacksonville, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,317,016) ...for a "screw cap package for contact lens," notes Equities.com. "The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: 'A contact lens package includes a holder having a receptacle for holding a contact lens and a cap having a seal for sealing a contact lens within the receptacle. The cap is attached to the holder and is movable from an end of the holder where the receptacle is formed toward an opposite end of the holder. As the cap moves toward the opposite end of the holder, the end of the holder where the receptacle is formed ruptures the seal such that the contact lens can be removed from the package.'...The full-text of the patent can be found at <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,317,016.PN.&OS=PN/8,317,016&RS=PN/8,317,016
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J&J and Lions Club Top 16 Million Vision Screenings in Asia

Newswit reports that "Johnson & Johnson Vision Care (JJVC) and Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) recently screened hundreds of children on World Sight Day to celebrate the milestone of screening more than 16 million children in Asia under the Sight for Kids, partnership program now marking its 10th anniversary. The event is part of an effort to provide free sight screening for another 1 million kids in six Asia Pacific countries during 2012 alone." Read more.

New Resource for People Wearing CLs

To help contact lens wearers better understand how to safely wear and care for their contacts, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., has developed a new educational resource, d, available at www.acuvue.com/press. The resource offers helpful "Do's and Don'ts" for handling and wearing contact lenses, and offers some easy-to-follow steps on how to reduce the risk of contact lens-related infection through proper use and care of  contact lenses as well as lens-care products such as contact lens cases.Read more.