A federal judge apologized to both parties and the federal bench in overturning a prior, erroneous ruling that a pair of Johnson & Johnson unit Cordis Corp.’s stent patents were unenforceable.
Judge Susan Robinson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware said her 2002 decision in Cordis Corp. v. Boston Scientific Corp. et al. was wrong and reversed the opinion, setting the stage for yet another round in the more than 10-year-old case.