MedTech news
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has cancelled a lower court ruling holding that a Bard patent for vascular access device was both not infringed and patent-ineligible. 12 November 2020
Americas
US federal agencies are to step up their cooperation on stemming the flow of counterfeit drugs, medical devices, and dietary supplements into the country through the international mail system. 3 November 2020
Americas
Health technology company Philips has accused Boston Scientific of infringing six patents through the sale of its Polaris guidance system and related medical devices. 3 November 2020
Americas
Pennsylvania-based E A Fischione Instruments has taken a rival lab instrument manufacturer to court over the alleged theft of trade secrets related to specimen holders for transmission electron microscopes. 2 November 2020
Americas
A Minnesota judge has approved an agreement between 3M and a former Marine, resolving a price-gouging dispute over N95 masks. 28 October 2020
Americas
Cozen O’Connor has hired Jeffrey Gendzwill and Keith Fredlake from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton into the firm’s Washington, DC office. 28 October 2020
Americas
A medical device company, St. Jude Medical, part of Abbott Laboratories, failed in its bid to invalidate a patent for an artificial heart valve at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday, Thursday, October 15. 16 October 2020
Asia
The English High Court has handed down a mixed ruling in a dispute between Edwards Lifesciences and its competitor Meril Life Sciences. 30 September 2020
Americas
Genetic sequencing company Illumina is set to pay $8 billion for Grail, a cancer detection company that was spun out of Illumina four years ago. 23 September 2020
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted the owner of an artificial heart valve patent a remand under Arthrex, but shot down the company’s attempt to escape an inter partes review by citing a conflict. 10 September 2020