Court Denies Motion to Transfer Venue in Medline’s Infringement Suit Against CR Bard
April 6, 2018 – Medline Industries, Inc. had filed an lawsuit against CR Bard, Inc. for infringement of its urinary…
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Court Grants Summary Judgment on Infringement of Oxygen Generation Patents
March 20, 2018 – HVLPO2, LLC sued Oxygen Frog, LLC and Scott D. Fleischman for its patents relating to oxygen…
EDTX Court Grants Motion for Jurisdiction and Venue-Related Discovery
March 5, 2018 –St. Croix Surgical Systems is suing Cardinal Health for its patents relating to using a porous matrix…
Magistrate Judge Corley Denies-in-Part Stryker’s Motion to Seal Sanctions Motion in Dispute with Karl Storz Endoscopy
February 1, 2018 – In its ongoing dispute with Karl-Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. in 3: 14-cv-00876 (N.D. Cal.), United States Magistrate…
Federal Circuit holds that PTAB erred in too narrowly construing the problem addressed in Smith & Nephew’s surgical patent
January 31, 2018—Smith & Nephew (“Smith”) own U.S. Patent No. 7,226,459, entitled “Reciprocating Rotary Arthroscopic Surgical Instrument.” The patent pertains…
Court Denied Parties’ Motion to Extend Discovery Deadlines
January 29, 2018 – On January 26, 2018, the court denied the parties’ stipulated motion to extend discovery deadlines and…
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB in Arthrex Suture Patent IPR
January 25, 2018 – The Federal Circuit upheld the judgment of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) in IPR2016-00917,…
Court Granted in Part and Denied in Part Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Over Unpatentable Subject Matter, Abstract Ideas, and Lack of Inventive Concept
December 21, 2017 – On December 19, 2017, the court granted in part Defendant QuantifiCare Inc.’s motion to dismiss because…
PTAB Grants Cook’s Request for Rehearing
December 19, 2017 – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) granted Petitioner Cook Group Inc. and Cook Group Medical…
PTAB Institutes Inter Partes Review of Two B. Braun Melsungen AG Patents
December 19, 2017 – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) instituted inter partes review of two B. Braun Melsungen…