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wahz

09/25/02 12:29 PM

#28859 RE: Zeev Hed #28858

Qcom will be pounding the table so hard in a few minutes that the table will break.(their enthusiasm runs on the obnoxious side, therfore you have the crowd that hates them for overstatement) Maybe that will do it. Still holding a day trade from 27.99.

Merq and chkp healing.

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mjk

09/25/02 12:43 PM

#28870 RE: Zeev Hed #28858

atjt's scenario playing out too well here. That scares me, I didn't want to see his October "crash" scenario take place. Holding QQQ calls here (march though, lots of time )...should I bail if we hit 1250 and look to get back in at Naz 1050, or are we going above 1300 like some here think...quite a quandary. Market is still boring as hell.

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wstera2

09/25/02 1:06 PM

#28885 RE: Zeev Hed #28858

UK Court Dismisses Cibavision Patent Infringement Action Against Coopervision

Wednesday September 25, 12:31 pm ET


LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002--The Cooper Companies, Inc., (NYSE:COO - News) said today that the judge in the patent infringement suit brought by CIBA Vision (UK) Limited against CooperVision Limited, the Company's contact lens unit in the United Kingdom, has concluded in his draft judgment that CooperVision's Frequency® Color contact lenses do not infringe Patent EP (UK) 015899B1, the "Knapp" patent, and that this patent is not valid in the United Kingdom.
Previously, CIBA Vision (UK) signed a Consent Order discontinuing its lawsuit in the United Kingdom for patent infringement against CooperVision under Patent EP (UK) 0498835, the "Jahnke" patent, and consented to an Order of the Court that the Jahnke patent be revoked in the United Kingdom.

In lawsuits continuing in the United States and France, CIBA Vision has claimed that CooperVision's Frequency (R) Colors and Expressions® opaque contact lenses infringe on certain CIBA Vision patents. These lenses change or enhance appearance of the eye color.

Cooper believes it does not infringe any of WJ's valid patent rights used in the development and manufacture of opaque lenses and continues to vigorously defend CIBA Vision's actions against it.

Corporate Information

The Cooper Companies, Inc. and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market specialty healthcare products. Corporate offices are located in Lake Forest and Pleasanton, Calif. A toll free interactive telephone system at 1-800-334-1986 provides stock quotes, recent press releases and financial data. Cooper's World Wide Web address is www.coopercos.com.

CooperVision, Inc., markets a broad range of contact lenses for the vision care market. Headquartered in Lake Forest, Calif., it manufactures in Huntington Beach, Calif., Rochester, N.Y., Norfolk, Va., Adelaide, Australia, Farnborough and Hamble, England, Madrid, Spain and Toronto. Its Web address is www.coopervision.com.

CooperSurgical, Inc., with operations in Trumbull, Conn., Fort Atkinson, Wis., Malmo, Sweden, Montreal and Berlin, markets diagnostic products, surgical instruments and accessories for the gynecological market. Its Web address is www.coopersurgical.com.



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Contact:
The Cooper Companies, Inc., Lake Forest
Norris Battin, 888/822-2660
ir@coopercompanies.com

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