July 03, 2024
A urologist who won $18.3 million in royalties and damages after a jury found a rival stole his penile implant trade secrets and infringed his intellectual property asked a California federal judge for $6.5 million in attorney fees and $614,000 in costs, saying he is owed the funds as the prevailing party in the litigation.
March 28, 2024
A California federal judge on Thursday awarded more than $18.3 million in royalties and damages to a urologist who won a jury trial verdict last year over a competitor's theft of penile implant trade secrets.
October 25, 2023
An attorney for a urologist who won a jury trial verdict over a competitor's theft of penile implant trade secrets urged a California federal judge Wednesday to award almost $46 million in damages, saying his client deserves $15 million in royalties that should be tripled for willful and malicious conduct.
August 07, 2023
Beverly Hills urologist Dr. James Elist said he should get as much as approximately $46 million in damages after a California federal jury found a Houston-based urologist and others stole trade secrets from him related to a cosmetic penile implant.
July 03, 2023
A California federal jury had to look past combative testimony from a Beverly Hills urologist when it found last month that his rival stole cosmetic implant trade secrets, an outcome the urologist's attorney at boutique firm Waymaker LLP attributed to a strong direct examination of the defendant that left him "red-faced" and "sputtering."
June 16, 2023
A California federal jury found on Friday that a Houston-based urologist and others stole trade secrets from rival Beverly Hills urologist Dr. James Elist related to a cosmetic penile implant, and also invalidated two patents that Elist alleged were based on his stolen secrets.
June 15, 2023
A urologist testifying as an expert for a doctor accused of stealing a rival's cosmetic penile implant told a California federal jury on Thursday that the alleged trade secrets are not trade secrets at all, and have been known in the field of urology for decades.
June 09, 2023
A day after delivering combative cross-examination testimony, a urologist suing a rival for allegedly stealing trade secrets for a cosmetic penile implant apologized on Friday to the California federal trial's judge and jury, saying he gets "upset" because his "life has been ruined by these people."
June 08, 2023
A urologist suing his rival for allegedly stealing trade secrets on a cosmetic penile implant spent a combative day on the witness stand Thursday in the California federal trial, giving vague or noncommittal answers while receiving frequent admonishments from the judge for veering off topic or not answering a question.
June 07, 2023
A urologist told a Los Angeles federal jury on Wednesday that he created the first Food and Drug Administration-approved cosmetic penile implant, only to be "betrayed' by a fellow urologist who stole his company's trade secrets and made it public by filing a patent application based on the confidential information.