January 13, 2015
The Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's ruling that W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. willfully infringed C.R. Bard Inc.'s blood vessel graft patent, adding $205 million to the $854 million in damages Gore has already been ordered to pay Bard in the long-running case.
October 21, 2013
W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. may be liable for more than $1 billion in damages after a judge ruled Thursday that it had willfully infringed a blood vessel graft patent owned by C.R. Bard Inc. in a long-running case in which the Federal Circuit last year set a new standard for proving willfulness.
July 11, 2013
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday affirmed the validity of the blood vessel graft patent at the center C.R. Bard's long-running infringement case against W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.