Cellink Accused of Patent Infringement with Bio X Range of Products
shot by IP News Shots / 7:01 pm on 30 July, 2021
Cellink Global has been accused patent infringement by Organovo, Inc. with a lawsuit filed in the same regard with the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. The plaintiff asserts infringement of their bio-printer technology patents with the defendant’s Bio X range of products. Organovo is asking for a block on further infringement of the asserted patents.
Industry: Healthcare Technology
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Federal Court Axes Minerva Patent Ahead of Trial
shot by IP News Shots / 6:36 pm on 27 July, 2021
The US District Court for the District of Delaware has invalidated a Minerva Surgical Inc. patent right before the patent infringement case went to trial. Minerva had asserted infringement of the patent by Hologic Inc. However, the court found that the patent was brought in public one year before it was patent protected, which made it invalid due to the on-sale bar.
Industry: Healthcare Equipment & Supplies, Healthcare Technology
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Delaware Judge Gives Mixed Ruling to Auris in Patent Case
shot by IP News Shots / 6:48 pm on 20 July, 2021
Auris Health, Inc., a unit of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), has received a mixed ruling from a Delaware court judge. The firm was embroiled in lawsuit with Intuitive over patent royalties on Auris’s Monarch endoscopy platform. Notably, the dispute is related to five patents for devices, systems, and methods related to robotic surgery. The judge decided that while Auris does not infringe a patent for a catheter system using the Monarch bronchoscope camera and a part of another patent, the lawsuit can proceed.
Industry: Healthcare Equipment & Supplies, Healthcare Technology
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POP Declines Petition to Re-Consider PTAB Decision to Review Align Patents
shot by IP News Shots / 6:51 pm on 19 July, 2021
The Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) has declined a petition by Align Technology Inc. against the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision to accept five inter partes reviews of three dental scanner patents. While the POP did not give a reason for the refusal, it asserted that the PTAB has complete authority over matters including the submitted appeal for rehearing.
Industry: Healthcare Equipment & Supplies, Healthcare Technology
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Align Technology Reaches Settlement with Investors in Lawsuit over Patent Related Deception
shot by IP News Shots / 6:35 pm on 19 July, 2021
Align Technology Inc. has reached a settlement with its investors amounting to $16 million over a lawsuit filed by them accusing the company of presenting false competitive pressures when its patents started to expire.
Industry: Healthcare Equipment & Supplies, Healthcare Technology
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10x Seeks Reversal of Patent Infringement Verdict in Bio-Rad Case Under the Assignor Estoppel Ruling by SCOTUS
shot by IP News Shots / 6:01 pm on 14 July, 2021
10x Genomics, Inc. has approached the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) urging it to review an earlier ruling by the court which upheld the US International Trade Commission’s (ITC’s) decision favouring Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. 10x was found guilty of infringing on Bio-Rad’s patents for gene sequencing chips but the former challenged the patents, which was refused by the commission. In its present appeal, 10x is using the assignor estoppel ruling by the Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) in hope of challenging the Bio-Rad patents.
Industry: Biotechnology, Healthcare Technology
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