Legal Opinion
Spectralytics, Inc. v. Cordis Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 13, 2011No. 2009-1564, 2010-1004PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
In this suit for infringement of United States Patent No. 5,852,277 (“the '277 patent”), brought by Spectralytics, Inc., trial was held in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The jury sustained the validity of the patent, found that the defendants Cordis Corporation and Norman Noble, Inc. willfully infringed the patent, and awarded damages calculated as a 5-percent royalty on Norman Noble’s infringing sales to Cordis. The district court granted Spectralytics’ motion for a permanent injunction, an accounting, and pre- and post-judgment…
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