International Medical Devices, Inc. et al v. Robert Cornell et al

  1. March 28, 2024

    Penile Implant Doc Awarded $18.3M After Trade Secrets Trial

    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.

  2. October 25, 2023

    Penile Implant Doc Deserves $46M After Trial Win, Judge Told

    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.

  3. August 07, 2023

    Doc Seeks $46M In Damages After Penile Implant Trial Win

    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.

  4. July 03, 2023

    Waymaker Found Path To Penile IP Win Via Defendant Exam

    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."

  5. June 16, 2023

    Calif. Jury Finds Urologist Stole Penile Implant Trade Secrets

    A California federal jury found on Friday that a Houston-based urologist and others stole trademark 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.

  6. June 15, 2023

    Penile Implant 'Trade Secrets' Are Urology 101, Jury Told

    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.

  7. June 09, 2023

    'I Get Upset,' Penile Implant Doc Apologizes To Judge, Jury

    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."

  8. June 08, 2023

    Penile Implant Doc Combative With Rival's Atty At IP Trial

    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.

  9. June 07, 2023

    Penile Implant Secrets Stolen By Rival, Urologist Tells Jury

    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. 

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