April 14, 2025
A Delaware federal judge has handed Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes Inc. a win in a patent infringement lawsuit launched by a retired surgeon's patent company over surgical screw technology, finding that the patent claims are too broad and invalid for lack of enablement.
October 18, 2022
A retired surgeon's patent company hit Johnson & Johnson's orthopedics subsidiaries with an infringement suit in Delaware federal court Monday, alleging that they knowingly ripped off the surgeon's "revolutionary" patented screw to create a "virtually indistinguishable" rival, which was launched two years after the company refused to partner with the surgeon.