Rex Medical, L.P. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

  1. December 15, 2025

    The Top Patent Decisions Of 2025

    The Federal Circuit decided its first en banc utility patent case in years and expanded who can use the U.S. International Trade Commission, while both the appeals court and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office took on the eligibility of AI patents. Here's a look at the top patent decisions of 2025.

  2. October 02, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Affirms Cutting $10M Med Device IP Verdict To $1

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday said a lower court had properly reduced to $1 what had been a $10 million patent infringement verdict against Intuitive Surgical Inc., saying any amount between the two figures "would require improper guesswork," given the lack of evidence on damages.

  3. September 02, 2025

    Confusion Over Slashed Patent Verdict Vexes Fed. Circ. Judge

    An attorney for Rex Medical butted heads with a Federal Circuit judge Tuesday over what a lower court actually did when it reduced a $10 million patent infringement verdict against Intuitive Surgical Inc. to $1, with the judge appearing frustrated by the confusion.

  4. January 10, 2024

    Rex Medical Asks Fed. Circ. To Decry Slashing Of $10M Award

    Rex Medical LP is asserting to the Federal Circuit that a Delaware federal judge was wrong to slash a jury's $10 million patent damages verdict in Rex's favor to just $1 over a purported lack of evidence.