April 30, 2012
Contraceptive maker Conceptus Inc. said Monday it would not collect $19 million in damages awarded by a California federal jury in a patent infringement suit, after Hologic Inc. agreed to take its allegedly infringing product off the market.
January 09, 2012
A California federal judge on Monday denied Conceptus Inc.'s bid for a permanent injunction against women's health technology firm Hologic Inc. from selling a birth control device that violated a patent covering permanent, noninvasive contraceptive systems.
October 17, 2011
A California federal jury on Monday awarded Conceptus Inc. $18.8 million after finding that Hologic Inc. infringed two claims of a Conceptus patent related to permanent, noninvasive contraceptive systems.
December 17, 2010
A federal judge has mostly rejected competing summary judgment motions filed by medical device makers Conceptus Inc. and Hologic Inc. in their patent infringement fight over permanent, noninvasive contraceptive systems.
August 18, 2010
Medical device makers Conceptus Inc. and Hologic Inc. have decided to trim a patent infringement spat over their competing permanent, noninvasive contraceptive systems by dropping all unfair competition claims and counterclaims, allowing the case to move forward on patent claims alone.
November 10, 2009
A federal judge has denied Conceptus Inc.'s motion for a preliminary injunction in its patent infringement suit against Hologic Inc., allowing the rival medical device maker to continue selling a permanent contraception system that does not involve incisions.