The ongoing patent spat between Masimo and Apple has another twist as a federal judge declared a mistrial. A federal judge in California made the ruling yesterday after jurors could not come to a unanimous verdict, according to a Reuters report. A Masimo spokesperson issued the following statement following the ruling: “While we are disappointed […]
Patent Infringement
President Biden upholds ITC ruling favoring AliveCor in patent spat with Apple
AliveCor announced today that the final determination rule on its patent dispute with Apple cleared presidential review. In December, the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that the Apple Watch infringed AliveCor’s patented technology. Along with its final determination, the ITC issued a limited exclusion disorder (LEO) and a cease and desist order. It set a […]
Alcon to pay $199M to J&J to settle patent dispute
Alcon (SIX/NYSE: ALC) recently announced that it has settled a patent dispute with J&J Surgical Vision. The $199 million settlement, announced Feb. 12, ends a lawsuit that J&J had filed in June 2020 in U.S. District Court in Delaware. J&J Surgical Vision had claimed that Alcon femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery devices, including the company’s LenSx […]
Medtronic hit with $106.5M verdict in CoreValve TAVI patent case
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) must pay $106.5 million in a TAVI patent infringement lawsuit, a federal jury in California ruled this week. Colibri Heart Valve claimed in 2019 that Medtronic violated its patents for replacement heart valves. The lawsuit alleged infringement of two patents with the Medtronic CoreValve, CoreValve Evolut R, CoreValve Evolut Pro, and CoreValve Evolut […]
Boston Scientific hit with $42M verdict in drug-eluting stents IP case
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) must pay $42 million in unpaid royalties to TissueGen and the University of Texas, a federal jury in Delaware has ruled. The jury verdict yesterday came after the finding that Boston Scientific’s Synergy BP drug-eluting stents infringed on TissueGen and the university’s IP. The patent under question arose out of research that […]
Masimo wins round in patent spat with Apple
Masimo (Nasdaq:MASI) announced that a U.S. Administrative Law Judge in Washington, D.C. ruled in its favor in a patent spat with Apple. The U.S. International Trade Commission must now consider whether to implement an import ban on Apple Watches, Masimo said in a news release posted last night. MASI shares were up more than 3% […]
ITC rules in favor of AliveCor in patent spat with Apple
AliveCor announced today that the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that the Apple Watch infringed its patented technology. Along with the final determination, the ITC issued a limited exclusion disorder (LEO) and a cease and desist order. It set a bond in the amount of $2 per unit of infringing Apple Watches imported or sold […]
Apple scores a win in IP spat with AliveCor
The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board has dealt AliveCor a setback in its intellectual property fight with Apple over the technology behind wearable AFib detection. In a ruling entered yesterday, the PTAB agreed with Apple that AliveCor’s claims around U.S. Patent No. 10,595,731 B2 were unpatentable. The board made the determination based on the […]
BD wins patent lawsuit against Baxter over drug-transfer system
BD (NYSE:BD) picked up a legal victory in a patent spat with Baxter (NYSE:BAX) over a system for moving drugs. A federal judge in Chicago ruled that BD’s PhaSeal system for transporting hazardous drugs between syringes and vials doesn’t infringe two patents belonging to Baxter. U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow granted BD summary judgment […]
Butterfly Network asks judge to dismiss Fujifilm Sonosite IP suit
Butterfly Network (NYSE: BFLY) announced today that it asked a federal judge in Delaware to dismiss Fujifilm Sonosite’s patent infringement lawsuit against the handheld ultrasound creator. Fujifilm Sonosite (Bothell, Washington) filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in March. The suit claims infringement of seven patents (U.S. Patent Nos. […]
Boston Scientific to pay Nevro $85M to settle rest of patent litigation
Nevro (NYSE:NVRO) and Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) announced today that they reached a settlement over intellectual property litigations. The settlement gives Boston Scientific the freedom to operate using the features and capabilities embodied in its current line of products for frequencies below 1,500 Hz, with Nevro given the freedom to operate using the features and capabilities […]
