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Acumed II Addresses the Issue of Claim Preclusion and When a Patent Claim Could Have Been Brought
In the recent case of Acumed, LLC v. Stryker Corp.,et al., (No. 2007-1115) (Fed. Cir., May 13, 2008) (“Acumed II”), the Federal Circuit addressed the meaning and application of language barring re-litigation of claims that “could have been brought” in a prior patent infringement case.
Posted:
05/20/2008
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Federal Circuit Reverses District Court’s Ruling in Acumed v. Stryker, Remands Case
Plaintiff-appellant Accumed, LLC (“Acumed”) was a holder of a patent relating to nail products used in treating bone fractures (“’444 patent”).  It filed this appeal after the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon dismissed its action for patent infringement against defendant-appellee Stryker Corporation, Stryker Sales Corporation, Stryker Orthopaedics,…
Date of ruling:
05/13/2008
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Circuit Court Finds Luma’s Endoscopy Patent Invalid And Not Infringed
Plaintiff-appellant Luma filed this appeal from the order of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The district court entered a summary judgment of non-infringement of certain claims of its ‘801 patent, and of invalidity of the other claims of the same patent. In September 2002,…
Date of ruling:
04/10/2008