May 28, 2019
Prosthetics maker Alps South LLC must pay up for the legal services it used during long-running patent infringement litigation, an Ohio federal court held on Tuesday, rejecting the company's claims that its law firm Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP's rates and hours billed were too high.
March 25, 2015
Alps South LLC has urged the Federal Circuit to affirm a finding that Ohio Willow Wood Co. engaged in inequitable conduct during re-examination of a prosthetic patent and asked it to hold Ohio Willow liable for even more misconduct.
September 25, 2014
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that an Ohio Willow Wood Co. prosthetic patent is unenforceable because of inequitable conduct during re-examination, marking a win for accused infringer Alps South LLC and a turnabout for the judge, whose earlier finding of no inequitable conduct was reversed on appeal.
July 23, 2014
A rare case where the Federal Circuit reversed a finding that a patent owner did not commit inequitable conduct, despite a tough new standard for proving that defense, will be back before a district court judge for a bench trial on the issue next week.
August 10, 2012
An Ohio federal judge ruled Friday that Ohio Willow Wood Co.'s patent for liners used in certain prosthetics was invalid, handing a win to rival Alps South LLC in a protracted fight over technology for amputees.