Abbott Laboratories is facing patent infringement lawsuits separately filed by certain Medtronic, Inc. companies and Wall Cardiovascular Technologies, LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
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A full trial on the merits of Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.’s infringement claims against Medtronic Inc. entities is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2009, in the Netherlands.
On June 18, 2008, Abbott…
A new trial date on the remaining issues has not been set yet in Cross Medical Products Inc.’s patent infringement suit against Medtronic Inc.’s subsidiary, Medtronic Sofamor Danek Inc., in…
The amount of disputed royalties and interest related to certain of Medtronic, Inc.’s cardiac resynchronization therapy products has reached US$95 million, as of Oct. 24, 2008.
Medtronic is a licensee to…
Medtronic Inc. and Cordis Corp., on Oct. 15, 2008, settled the patent infringement suit filed by Cordis in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Cordis sued the Company…
Fastenetix LLC’s lawsuit against Medtronic Inc.’s subsidiary, Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. (MSD), alleging breach of a royalty agreement, or, in the alternative, infringement of certain reissue patents held by…
The current balance in the interest-bearing escrow account for putative royalties for the 4,407,288 Patent to be paid by Medtronic, Inc. to Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC is US$82 million as…
Medtronic Sofamor Danek Inc.’s patent infringement suit against Biomet Inc., the corporate parent of Cross Medical Products Inc., and its subsidiary EBI Spine LP, remains pending in the U.S. District…
The first of Cordis Corp.’s arbitration proceedings against Medtronic Inc.’s subsidiary, Medtronic Vascular Inc., for alleged product infringement arbitration proceeding, is scheduled for March 30, 2009.
On Feb. 20, 2006, an…
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office continues to re-examine the Lau stent patents held by Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.’s alleged to have been infringed by Medtronic Inc.’s subsidiary, Medtronic Vascular…