Legal Opinion
Rick C. Sasso, M.D., and SEE LLC v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., and Medtronic, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 6, 2015No. 43A04-1504-PL-175PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Judge.
[1] SEE LLC appeals the trial court’s order denying its motion for summary judgment and granting the defendants’ cross-motion for summary judgment. It argues that it is entitled to unpaid royalties stemming from a 1998 contract. Finding this contract unenforceable as a matter of law, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Facts 1
• [2] Dr. Rick Sasso is a spinal surgeon and inventor. The president of Indiana Spine Group in Carmel, Indiana, he is the named inventor on several United States patents related to rehabilitation of the spine.
[3] In 1994, Sasso filed his first patent…
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