Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. et al v. Covidien LP et al

  1. April 24, 2020

    Ethicon Escapes Covidien Patent Claims In Device Case

    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.

  2. March 10, 2020

    Covidien, Ethicon Revisit IP Rivalry As Device Trial Closes

    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.

  3. January 14, 2019

    Ethicon Gets One Covidien Claim Tossed In Patent Dispute

    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.

  4. October 03, 2017

    Covidien Can't Stop Ethicon's Surgical Device Sales

    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.