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Colorado Jury Issues First Defense Verdict after Years of EtO Exposure Lawsuits in US

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A Colorado jury issued a defense verdict following a six-week trial during which four women alleged their respective cancers were caused by exposure to EtO emitted by the nearby Terumo Blood & Cell Technologies Lakewood plant...more

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Trial Lost, $400+ Million Liability Looming: Quick Takeaways From a Recent False Claims Act Jury Trial

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On February 27, 2023, a jury in Minnesota federal court rendered a verdict in favor of the United States and against a surgical product distributor following a False Claims Act jury trial that lasted six weeks. The jury...more

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Eighth Circuit Analyzes Scope of FCA Liability Under Anti-Kickback Statute

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​​​​​​​On July 26, 2022, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion interpreting the standard for the causal link the government must show to establish that a “false or fraudulent” claim under the False Claims Act...more

Knobbe Martens

Surgeon wins $20M jury verdict against DePuy Synthes for Infringement of Knee Prosthesis Patents

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Rasmussen Instruments, LLC (“Rasmussen”) won a $20M jury verdict against DePuy Synthes (“Depuy”), a part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies. Rasmussen asserted Patent Nos. US 9,492,180 (‘180 patent) and US...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Federal Circuit Signals Deference to Inventors in Determining Readiness for Patenting, Experimental Use

Addressing pre-America Invents Act (AIA) 35 USC § 102(b), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the public-use and on-sale bars did not apply to the claimed surgical method because pre-critical-date...more

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Surgeries Conducted More Than a Year Before Patenting Found Not to Bar Patent on Surgical Method

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In an important decision impacting life sciences patentees, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit in Barry v. Medtronic, Inc., Appeal No. 2017-2463 (Fed. Cir. January 24, 2019), affirmed a jury’s finding that a doctor was...more

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Barry v. Medtronic, Inc.

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Chief Judge Prost, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary: An invention is not “ready for patenting” to trigger...more

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CardiAQ - An IP Success Story

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At the recent ACC-Socal Double Header Event, Knobbe Martens presented, "CardiAQ - An IP Success Story." ...more

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Pro Te: Solutio Vol. 11 No. 1 – A Reflection on the First Ten Years

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It’s hard to believe a decade has passed since we delivered our first edition of Pro Te: Solutio to your door. Those years have brought enormous changes in the world and in our industry. Innovation has driven everything we...more

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