Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Dyk, and Moore. Appeal from District of Delaware.
Summary: A district court’s construction of a claim term that is contrary to the plain language of the claims and usage of the...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court for the Northern District of California.
Summary: Testing for the presence of a bacterium that causes tuberculosis and the...more
10/12/2018
/ Appeals ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Diagnostic Method ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Method Claims ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Product of Nature Doctrine ,
Reaffirmation ,
Section 101 ,
Summary Judgment
On June 12, 2018, Johnson & Johnson announced acceptance of an offer from Platinum Equity, a private investment firm, to acquire its diabetic monitoring unit, LifeScan, for approximately $2.1 billion. In response to the...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before the Supreme Court. Thomas delivered opinion, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Gorsuch dissenting, joined by Breyer.
Summary: Patentee may recover...more
6/25/2018
/ 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) ,
35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Appeals ,
Damages ,
Domestic Injury ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Profits ,
Foreign Sales ,
Lost Profits ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Newman, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Summary: The Federal Circuit upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s claim construction in an inter partes...more
On January 31, 2018, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal with the aim of strengthening EU cooperation among Member States when conducting a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of new medicines and certain...more
The FDA, according to its website, currently supports eight consortia that provide advice and funding to help commercialize technologies for pediatric care. The FDA defines “pediatric” as encompassing devices used for...more
The ECRI Institute released new guidance in its article: “Ransomware Attacks: How to Protect Your Medical Device Systems” on May 18, 2017. The report recommends various protective actions for hospitals to take and points to...more
Voxello recently announced FDA 510(k) clearance of its noddle™ device, following submission of its application in October 2016. According to the press release, the noddle gives patients who are unable to speak a way to...more
Despite a drop in the second quarter of 2016, medical device funding is expected to finish stronger this year than in 2015. CB Insights has released a report on the funding and deal activity within the medical device...more
According to press releases, Wright Medical Group N.V. plans to sell its Tornier hip and knee business to Corin Orthopaedics Holdings Ltd. for about $33 million in cash. This deal comes shortly after Wright and Tornier...more
The medical device industry has been struck by a wave of uncertainty in the wake of the United Kingdom’s (UK) historic vote to leave the European Union (EU). Until the breakup becomes official, British legislation should...more
A federal jury found in favor of CardiAQ in a lawsuit filed against former service provider, Neovasc. The jury found that Neovasc breached the non-disclosure agreement between the parties, misappropriated CardiAQ’s trade...more
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a new policy for earlier public notification of medical device safety issues. These notifications will be in addition to the recall notices, safety communications, and press...more