NEW BUSINESS Apple Valley Medical Clinic, the family practice component of Apple Valley Medical Center, opened a cosmetic services practice called Clinical Skin Therapeutics. The new practice provides laser hair removal, leg vein treatment, skin tightening, micro laser peel, acne treatments, chemical peels, microdermabrasion, medical grade skin care, rosacea therapy, laser skin resurfacing and photo rejuvenation for sun spots, freckles and broken capillaries.
DEBT AND EQUITIES Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, declared a regular quarterly dividend of 19 cents per common share, payable May 15 to stockholders of record on April 18.
LEGAL MATTERS Shock Doctor Inc., a Minneapolis-based sports protective gear manufacturer, said its competitor, XO Athletic Co., has consented to a permanent injunction prohibiting XO Athletic from infringing on Shock Doctor's Gel Max Mouthguard patent. Shock Doctor filed suit in 2008 to prevent XO Athletic from entering the market with a protective mouthguard, claiming that it infringed a 1994 Shock Doctor patent covering Shock Doctor's Gel Max Mouthguard. A subsequent redesign by XO Athletic was also disputed by Shock Doctor, which asserted infringement on both designs.
