April 24, 2020
Ethicon did not infringe patents held by its medical device rival Covidien when it developed a competing surgical tool, a federal judge in Massachusetts said Friday following a bench trial that capped a four-year legal battle.
March 10, 2020
Medical device rivals Covidien and Ethicon on Tuesday fought the latest round in their long-running intellectual property feud, delivering closing arguments in a Massachusetts federal court trial over patents on competing surgical tools for cutting and sealing blood vessels.
January 14, 2019
A Boston federal judge on Monday dropped one of several patent infringement claims brought by Covidien LP in a lawsuit headed to trial later this year against competitor Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. over a surgical device.
October 03, 2017
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday rejected Covidien's attempt to halt competitor Ethicon Endo-Surgery's sales of a surgical device amid a patent dispute.