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August 16, 2013 |

Jury Awards $2M in Bellwether Mesh Device Trial

A jury in the first federal trial over transvaginal mesh devices awarded $2 million on Thursday to a woman who alleged that the manufacturer failed to warn about defects in its product that caused her bleeding and pain.
3 minute read
March 29, 2013 |

You Can't Argue With Success

Litigation Department of the Year — Personal Injury — Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
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June 20, 2008 |

Unpublished Opinions

Unpublished state and federal court decisions.
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August 01, 2002 |

Deciding Jurisdiction in Patent Appeals

AS THE Supreme Court grown tired of a single intermediate patent appeals court? Since the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was established in 1982, the Supreme Court has reversed or vacated the Federal Circuit in substantive patent decisions 70 percent of the time, including four out of the last five decisions since 1996. 1 In its most recent decision, Holmes Group Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc. , the Supreme Court vacated the Federal Circuit`s ruling that Federal Circuit jurisdiction
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September 04, 2013 |

Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 22, No. 171 - September 4, 2013

Daily decision alert.
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March 04, 2013 |

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

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September 16, 2013 |

Obviousness in Medical Device Patent Litigation

Obviousness is almost invariably invoked as a defense in medical device patent litigation. Through an understanding of trends in the case law, medical device companies can gain a leg up on the competition when litigating patent obviousness in court.
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April 11, 2002 |

Another Wipeout for the Doctrine of Equivalents

The doctrine of equivalents has been slowly whittled away during the past 50 years by restrictions such as prosecution history estoppel, the all-elements rule and prior art limitations. More recently, the doctrine of "patent drafter estoppel" has provided an additional limitation. The Federal Circuit's decision in Sage Products v. Devon Industriesarguably began the recent trend toward patent drafter estoppel.
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April 17, 2012 |

Plaintiffs Bar Slams Justices' Products Liability Ruling

In the wake of the state Supreme Court's ruling that courts must consider a product's multiple uses when assessing that product's risk, some plaintiffs attorneys have criticized the decision, claiming it gives defendants in products liability cases an unfair advantage.
6 minute read
June 03, 2002 |

Outside Counsel

I n March 2002, the Federal Circuit sitting en banc decided the issue of "whether and under what circumstances a patentee can rely upon the doctrine of equivalents with respect to unclaimed subject matter disclosed in the specification."
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