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Judge’s dissenting opinion challenges the interpretation of the safe harbour provision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Decision concerns Meril's importation of transcatheter heart valve systems in a dispute with Edwards Lifesciences | Court majority upheld the district court's ruling favouring Meril.

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