LATEST SUMMARIES

HEALTH LAW, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PATENT
• Trimed, Inc. v. Stryker Corp.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PATENT, TRANSPORTATION
• Am. Seating Co. v. USSC Group, Inc.

LATEST SUMMARIES

HEALTH LAW, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PATENT
Trimed, Inc. v. Stryker Corp., No. 2007-1327
In an infringement action involving a patent pertaining to an implantable device for fixing bone fractures, summary judgment of noninfringement for defendant is reversed where the district court construed the relevant claim language incorrectly. Read more...

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PATENT, TRANSPORTATION
Am. Seating Co. v. USSC Group, Inc., No. 2007-1112, 2007-1135
In a suit involving a patent directed toward a wheelchair restraint system that complies with the ADA for use in mass transit vehicles, partial grant of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed as a matter of law to meet its burden of establishing a functional relationship between passenger seats and the patented restraint system; and 2) the jury properly awarded damages for lost profits on certain of defendant's deliveries which were predicated upon offers to sell the infringing system. Denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed on cross-appeal where the district court properly confirmed the jury verdict that the patent is not invalid for public use. Read more...