MedTech news
Africa
The global pandemic has increased collaboration and a new wave of disputes is likely. Arbitration is well placed to help, argue Kate Davies McGill, Gaela Gehring Flores and Paul Keller of Allen & Overy 24 February 2022
MedTech
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed two Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary’s patent is valid and infringed. 15 February 2022
MedTech
Arthrex says that it did not get the “remedy” ordered by the US Supreme Court in its landmark case against Smith & Nephew. 13 January 2022
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected several bids from French pharma giant Sanofi to revive claims in its Lantus SoloStar insulin pen patents. 4 January 2022
MedTech
Medical devices company InfoBionic has argued that it should be awarded nearly $2.9 million in fees for attorneys, expenses and expert witnesses. 23 December 2021
Americas
Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary Ethicon has obtained a permanent injunction against counterfeiters selling fake versions of Surgicel, an absorbable haemostat used to control bleeding during surgery. 7 December 2021
MedTech
Qiagen will pay Becton, Dickinson $53 million to settle an ongoing patent infringement lawsuit over polymerase chain reaction diagnostics patents. 9 November 2021
MedTech
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that yet another CardioNet heart monitor patent is invalid for not citing an inventive concept under the Alice test. 2 November 2021
Americas
Medical device company Nevro has been hit with a $20m damages verdict after a US jury found that it had infringed two patents owned by Boston Scientific. 2 November 2021
MedTech
Boston Scientific (BSC) and Nevro will testify before a Delaware Federal Court today following pleas from Nevro to delay the trial due to claims that BSC destroyed evidence related to a patent damages case. 26 October 2021