December 03, 2015
A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday upheld the validity of two W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. stent graft patents based on their descriptions, determined that rival medical device maker C.R. Bard Inc. had not willfully infringed them and barred Bard from bringing up indefiniteness at trial.
July 15, 2015
Medical device maker C.R. Bard Inc. has received good and bad news from a U.S. magistrate judge regarding two stent graft patents that rival W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. claims it infringed, according to a report unsealed Wednesday.
February 12, 2013
C.R. Bard Inc. is flouting Federal Circuit precedent in its argument that stent graft patents asserted by W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. are unenforceable, Gore said Monday, urging a Delaware federal court to dismiss Bard's inequitable conduct and antitrust counterclaims.
June 13, 2011
W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. sued C.R. Bard Inc. in Delaware federal court on Friday, alleging infringement of a stent patent, marking the companies' ongoing battle over medical device patents.