In This Presentation:

• Medical device patent statistics

• Non-practicing entity (NPE) litigation

• Inter partes reexam (IPR) update

• Important litigation

– Edwards v. Medtronic

– Masimo v. Philips

– Injunctions (Depuy Synthes v. Globus and Smith & Nephew v. Arthrex)

- Excerpt from Medical Device Litigation Overview:

• In a review of patent litigations identified by KnobbeMedical filed between August 2013 & October 2014:

– 67 litigations were filed relating to medical device technology

– 46 involved a litigation in which both parties were practicing entities

– 21 involved a litigation involving an NPE/PAEs...