ConMed (NSDQ:CNMD) subsidiary SurgiQuest lost an intellectual property spat with Lexion Medical last week when a U.S. patent board invalidated a trocar patent. SurgiQuest sued Lexion last year, alleging infringement of patent no. 9,095,372B2, covering a “system and method for improved gas recirculation in surgical trocars with pneumatic sealing,” by Lexion’s line of Insuflow Synergy […]
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Conmed’s SurgiQuest loses $12m to Lexion in false advertising case
Conmed (NSDQ:CNMD) said today that a jury today returned a $12.2 million verdict against it and its SurgiQuest subsidiary in a false advertising case with Lexion Medical. The jury in the US Federal District Court for the District of Delaware found SurgiQuest liable for $2.2 million in compensatory damages and an additional $10 million in punitive damages, […]