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Qiagen and BD settle PCR lawsuit for £53m
MedTech
Qiagen will pay Becton, Dickinson $53 million to settle an ongoing patent infringement lawsuit over polymerase chain reaction diagnostics patents.   9 November 2021
Fed Circ finds another CardioNet patent-ineligible under Alice
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
Nevro faces $20m damages in patent dispute with Boston Scientific
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
Americas
St Jude Medical will be able to claw back some of the attorney fees and expenses it incurred defending a suit filed by Niazi Licensing Corporation in a dispute over a patent covering a heart catheter.   26 October 2021
Americas
Law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has announced the addition of Stuart Pollack to the firm’s New York office as a partner on the patent litigation team.   21 October 2021
Americas
Medical device company, Globus Medical, has filed a lawsuit against competitor Life Spine, alleging infringement of seven different patents related to spinal tech implant technology.   14 October 2021
MedTech
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that claims of a patent covering an artificial heart valve were erroneously held to be unpatentable by the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in a blow to a medical device company owned by Abbott Laboratories.   7 October 2021
Americas
The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has confirmed the validity of three remaining Medtronic patents challenged by rival medical device manufacturer Axonics.   23 September 2021
MedTech
Advanced Biologics has managed to convince the English High Court to expedite a patent infringement and validation suit it is embroiled in with German rival Med-El.   9 September 2021