DePuy Challenges Two Bone Spacer Patents at the PTAB
December 30, 2015– On December 29, DePuy Synthes petitioned for inter partes review of two patents directed to bone spacing…
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PTAB Denies IPR Institution on Patent Related to Endoscopic Bipolar Forceps
December 28, 2015 – The PTAB denied Ethicon Endo-Surgery’s petition for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 8,241,284 related…
Permanent Injunction Entered Against Serious Skin Care
December 28, 2015 – The court entered a permanent injunction against Defendants Serious Skin Care, Inc. and Flageoli Classic Limited…
Motion to Terminate IPR Proceeding Denied
December 28, 2015 – The PTAB denied Blue Belt’s motion to terminate an IPR proceeding in which it argued the…
PTAB Denies IPR Institution on Bone Wedge Patent
December 28, 2015 – The PTAB denied Globus Medical’s petition for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 6,099,531 titled,…
IPR Instituted on an Electrosurgical Instrument
December 28, 2015 – The PTAB granted Ethicon Endo-Surgery’s petition requesting an inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 7,887,536…
Terms Construed in Patents Related to a Device for Treating Scoliosis
December 28, 2015 – Terms in U.S. Patent Nos. 7,670,358 and 8,361,121, which relate to a device for treating scoliosis,…
USPTO Urges Supreme Court to Reconsider the Federal Circuit’s Enhanced Damages Test
December 22, 2015 – On December 16, 2015, the United States Patent Office and the Solicitor General filed an amicus…
Implus Footcare Files Two Complaints Alleging Willful Infringement
December 21, 2015 – Plaintiff Implus Footcare, LLC filed two complaints alleging willful infringement of its patent entitled “Massage Roller”…
Special Master Denies Defendant Stryker Corporation’s Motion for Protective Order and Motion to Compel Discovery
December 16, 2015 – The special discovery master in the case denied Stryker’s motion for a protective order requiring the…