Law360, New York (November 20, 2006, 12:00 AM ET) -- A federal appeals court has revived part of a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Spine against the spinal business of Medtronic Inc.
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a ruling by a federal district judge who had dismissed J&J's allegations that Medtronic's Vertex system of spinal surgery screws infringed on a patent DePuy licenses from Germany’s Biedermann Motech GmbH.
In its ruling, the Federal Circuit said the district court judge had erred in throwing out...
Appeals Court Revives Patent Suit Over Spinal Screws
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