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Mayo v. Prometheus: The Supreme Court Reverses the Federal Circuit, Finding Prometheus' Patents Cover Laws of Nature and Therefore Ineligible Subject Matter

By Jeffrey J. Zuber and Sarah S. Brooks of Zuber & Taillieu

A unanimous Supreme Court recently reversed the Federal Circuit in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs Inc., (U.S. S Ct. decided March 20, 2012) holding that the two Prometheus patents do not cover patent eligible subject matter. The Federal Circuit reaffirmed its prior decision holding that Prometheus’ patents covered eligible… More...

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Texas Jury Awards Medtronic $250M in Damages in Patent Suit, But Boston Scientific Vows to Fight Verdict

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. et al. v. Boston Scientific Corp., et al.  |  Case No. 2-06-CV78-TJW  |  U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division  |  5/27/2008

Holding: A jury sitting in a Texas district court found that Boston Scientific Corp. infringed three patents owned by Medtronic, Inc., and awarded Medtronic $250 million in damages. Specifically, the jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found that Boston Scientific’s balloon catheter and stent delivery… More...

Asyst Technologies, Inc. v. Empak, Inc., et al.

No, 98-20451 JF, 2007 WL 1039290  |  N.D.Cal.  |  1/31/2008

Holding: The jury issued a verdict in favor of plaintiff in this infringement suit for a patent relating to an “information processing system” and “inventory management system” used in the production of integrated circuits. Specifically, the jury found defendant liable for damages in the amount of $31,500,000 for lost sales and… More...

3M Unitek Corporation v. TP Orthodontics, Inc.

No. SACV060706(DOC), 2007 WL 2456107  |  C.D.Cal.  |  3/15/2007

Holding: In this patent infringement case, the parties agreed to settle their dispute. The patent in issue involved orthodontic bracket supports. Defendant TP Orthodontics, Inc. agreed to admit that it had infringed plaintiff 3M Innovative Properties Company’s patent, and to cease and desist from further committing acts of infringement. Defendant likewise… More...

Celerity, Inc. v. Ultra Clean Technology Systems & Service, Inc.

No. 3:05-cv-03560-MMC 2007 WL 2983099  |  N.D.Cal.  |  6/25/2007

Holding: In this case involving patents relating to modular gas delivery technologies, the jury rendered a plaintiff’s verdict, awarding plaintiff Celerity, Inc. the sum of $13,900. According to Celerity, this amount was supposed to represent an 8 percent royalty rate on all sales of defendant Ultra Clean's Predator IGS (an integrated… More...

O’Keefe v. ALLCO Millwork and Jeremy Glass

3:05-cv-02715, 2007 WL 901634  |  N.D.Cal.  |  2/5/2007

Holding: In this case for infringement of patent directed toward techniques for the manufacture of fire-resistant glazing glass products, plaintiff patentee and defendants entered into a settlement agreement that would pay plaintiff the sum of $1,000,000.00 in damages and that would make defendants refrain from further manufacturing and distributing glass products. More...

Informatica Corporation v. Business Objects Data Integration, Inc.

C 02-03378, 2007 WL 1765179  |  N.D.Cal.  |  5/17/2007

Holding: In this patent infringement suit over patents covering a method of transforming data in extract, transform, and load (“ETL”) process of building data warehouse through the use of “transformation objects,” a jury verdict was rendered in favor of plaintiff patent holder, and based on the findings that defendant indirectly infringed… More...

Lucent Technologies Inc., et al.  v. Gateway Inc., et al.

02-CV-2060; 03-CV-0699; 03-CV-1108, 2007 WL 1039302  |  S.D.Cal.  |  2/22/2007

Holding: In this infringement suit involving patents that were directed toward music coding that goes through a process so that musical compositions can be heard, or downloaded, from the computer, jury verdict was rendered in favor of patent holder (Lucent Technologies) against intervenor Microsoft, where the amount awarded reached $769,028,351.00 for… More...

Genentech Incorporated, et al. v. Insmed Incorporated, et al.

c 04 5429 cw, 2007 WL 686050  |  N.D.Cal.  |  2/8/2007

Holding: In this infringement suit involving patents directed toward proteins used in growth hormone drugs for children with growth disorders, jury verdict was rendered in favor of plaintiffs which were awarded the sum of $7,500,000.00 in damages, and 15% to 20% of the revenues earned by defendants from the distribution of… More...

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Companies Mentioned

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The following companies are mentioned in Patent Law Updates:

Boston Scientific Corp.

Microsoft Corp.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Stryker Corp.

Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

Cordis Corp.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Target Corp.

Sears Holding Corp.

Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.

Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc.

Mayo Collaborative Services d.b.a. Mayo Medical Laboratories

K-Mart Corp.

J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

Glamourmom LLC

Audiovox Communications Corp.

Federated Department Stores

McKesson Information Solutions, Inc.

Elizabeth Lange LLC d.b.a. Liz Lange Maternity

Bridge Medical, Inc.

United States Patent and Trademark Office

SmithKline Beecham PLC

Smithkline Beecham Corp. (d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline, plc.)

SmithKline Beecham Corp. d.b.a GlaxoSmithKline

Scimed Life Systems Inc.

HT Window Fashion Corp.

Glaxo Group Limited d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline

Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Ranbaxy, Inc.

Mylan Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Mylan Laboratories, Inc.

Nokia, Inc.

Stryker Sales Corp.

Stryker Orthopaedics

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Acumed, LLC

Quanta Computer, Inc.

Sanyo North America Corp.

LG Electronics, Inc.

Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Cohesive Technologies, Inc.

Waters Corp.

Swisa, Inc.

Egyptian Goddess, Inc.

Motorola, Inc.

Dror Swisa

Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

CVS Corp.

Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc.

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