MedTech news
Americas
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s process of allowing the same three judges to decide whether to institute an inter partes review and on the validity of the patent in question creates legal biases, Ethicon Endo-Surgery has argued. 1 March 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has invalidated a polymer patent owned by Howmedica Osteonics, reversing an earlier decision from the US Patent and Trademark Office and ending the company’s long running dispute with medical device company Zimmer. 29 February 2016
Americas
Law firm Reed Smith has expanded its intellectual property, information and innovation group by hiring Lisa Chiarini as a partner in New York. 17 February 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has revived medical device company TriReme Medical’s attempt to correct the record of three patents related to catheters. 8 February 2016
Americas
Medical devices maker Greatbatch has secured a $37.5 million patent victory at a US court. 27 January 2016
Americas
US law firm Wolf Greenfield has promoted Jenny Chen, Thomas Franklin and Jessamine Lee to shareholders. 27 January 2016
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Law firm Barnes & Thornburg has hired Scott Rothenberger and Jeffrey Stone as partners in the firm’s intellectual property department in Minneapolis. 22 January 2016
Americas
The US Supreme Court has ordered a re-hearing of a spinal surgery patent dispute after it granted Medtronic’s grant, vacate, and remand (GVR) petition in its row with NuVasive. 20 January 2016
Americas
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that the same three administrative patent law judges who determine whether to institute an inter partes review can also rule on the validity of the patent at issue. 19 January 2016
Europe
US-based gene sequencing company Illumina has claimed that The Doctors Laboratory’s use of the Harmony prenatal test provided by Ariosa Diagnostics infringes its patent. 8 January 2016