Category: Patent Infringement

Dr. Mark Midei, accused of implanting stents in hundreds of patients who didn't need them, lost a bid to reinstate his medical license back; also, Coloplast claims victory against Generic Medical Devices in patent spat and Cordis pursues subpoenas in stent lawsuit against Abbott.

The 1st C.R. Bard transvaginal mesh patient injury lawsuits will hit federal court in February; plus, Depuy Orthopaedics' first ASR hip lawsuits set for trial in December and CAO sues Biolase for laser patent infringement.

Medical device maker VLV Assoc. sues Becton, Dickinson & Co. for allegedly infringing its patent for a "bloodless catheter"; also, more DePuy execs, doc to be deposed in ASR lawsuit; Galleon probe widens to take in Abbott's $2.8B Advanced Medical Optics deal; and fake Medtronic merch lands California woman in prison.

Johnson & Johnson's metal-on-metal hip replacement recall spurs a class action lawsuit Down Under, with more than 1,000 patients seeking damages that may top $200 million; Essential Medical Devices dismisses its patent infringement suit against Masimo; and Biolase files an optical laser patent lawsuit against unnamed European competitor.

A federal appeals court upholds a legal win for Medtronic in a personal injury lawsuit filed after its SynchroMed EL pain pump left an Arizona man paralyzed.

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Corp. appeals Boston Scientific's $40 million legal victory in an ongoing stent patent skirmish.

Former Boston Scientific saleswoman and whistleblower Elaine George wins the right to pursue a wrongful termination claim on top of her whistleblower lawsuit for allegations of illegal off-label marketing for cardiac ablation devices; also, Covidien notches a win in the long-running trocar patent battle with Applied Medical; and Imaging3 gives Cranshire Capital 6.3 million shares to settle shareholder suit.