In This Presentation:
• Medical device patent statistics
• Non-practicing entity (NPE) litigation
• Inter partes reexam (IPR) update
• Important litigation
– Edwards v. Medtronic
– Masimo v. Philips
– Injunctions (Depuy Synthes v. Globus and Smith & Nephew v. Arthrex)
- Excerpt from Medical Device Litigation Overview:
• In a review of patent litigations identified by KnobbeMedical filed between August 2013 & October 2014:
– 67 litigations were filed relating to medical device technology
– 46 involved a litigation in which both parties were practicing entities
– 21 involved a litigation involving an NPE/PAEs...
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