Inventors, Medical Devices

The Sad Tale of an On-Sale Bar Created by a “Business Associate”

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/24/2022

The Federal Circuit recently reversed a lower court’s summary judgment that a medical device design patent was not invalid under the on-sale bar. As a result, the patent owner (Junker) lost the $1.25M infringement damages...more

COVID-19 Update: When Computers Invent: How the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Treat COVID-19 Highlights Novel Inventorship...

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/8/2020

Technology and medical companies around the world are rising to meet the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, in many cases turning to artificial intelligence (“AI”) and super computers in their efforts to develop...more

Surgeries Conducted More Than a Year Before Patenting Found Not to Bar Patent on Surgical Method

Dechert LLP on 2/2/2019

In an important decision impacting life sciences patentees, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit in Barry v. Medtronic, Inc., Appeal No. 2017-2463 (Fed. Cir. January 24, 2019), affirmed a jury’s finding that a doctor was...more

CardiAQ - An IP Success Story

Knobbe Martens on 9/18/2018

At the recent ACC-Socal Double Header Event, Knobbe Martens presented, "CardiAQ - An IP Success Story." ...more

CardiAQ’s Inventorship Challenge Survives

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 7/26/2016

Neovasc began its business relationship with CardiAQ in June, 2009, by providing services and supplies for the development of CardiAQ’s TMVI heart valve device. Though the relationship lasted only 10 months, the parties...more

Why We Need Our Patent System: Masimo, Orange County’s Shining Example

Knobbe Martens on 11/24/2014

Did you ever wonder how people can call for the end of our patent system? The answer is simple. They have no experience with great inspiring inventors. We at Knobbe Martens have the honor of frequently working with great...more