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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that yet another CardioNet heart monitor patent is invalid for not citing an inventive concept under the Alice test. 2 November 2021
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Medical device company Nevro has been hit with a $20m damages verdict after a US jury found that it had infringed two patents owned by Boston Scientific. 2 November 2021
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Boston Scientific (BSC) and Nevro will testify before a Delaware Federal Court today following pleas from Nevro to delay the trial due to claims that BSC destroyed evidence related to a patent damages case. 26 October 2021
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St Jude Medical will be able to claw back some of the attorney fees and expenses it incurred defending a suit filed by Niazi Licensing Corporation in a dispute over a patent covering a heart catheter. 26 October 2021
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Law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has announced the addition of Stuart Pollack to the firm’s New York office as a partner on the patent litigation team. 21 October 2021
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Medical device company, Globus Medical, has filed a lawsuit against competitor Life Spine, alleging infringement of seven different patents related to spinal tech implant technology. 14 October 2021
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that claims of a patent covering an artificial heart valve were erroneously held to be unpatentable by the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in a blow to a medical device company owned by Abbott Laboratories. 7 October 2021
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The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has confirmed the validity of three remaining Medtronic patents challenged by rival medical device manufacturer Axonics. 23 September 2021
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Advanced Biologics has managed to convince the English High Court to expedite a patent infringement and validation suit it is embroiled in with German rival Med-El. 9 September 2021
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The US District Court for the Northern District of California has denied an attempt by Chinese company BGI Genomics to invalidate an Illumina DNA sequencing patent in a summary judgment, leaving the dispute over infringement of another Illumina patent to be decided at trial. 2 September 2021