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28 July 2015Americas

Medtronic asks US Supreme Court to vacate infringement ruling

Medical device manufacturer Medtronic has asked the US Supreme Court to vacate a lower court ruling that it indirectly infringed a patent covering a machine used during spinal surgery, citing the latest ruling in Commil USA v Cisco Systems.

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