learned that Tate & Lyle had lost the patent infringement claim on September 22nd 2008 via an e-mail from attorney Gary Hnath, who was then with the Washington law firm Bingham McCutchen. At the time I was on vacation with my wife and sister on the picturesque extremities of Canada’s Gaspe´ Peninsula. I had been an expert witness for one of the Respondents in the litigation, had enjoyed the experience, and had found it immensely educational – and not only about the law. The patent infringement was concerned with the artificial sweetener SPLENDA. The sweet agent in this sweetener is called sucralose – not to be confused with sucrose
