Legal Opinion
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 13, 2012No. 2011-1105PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge O’MALLEY. Circuit Judge DYK concurs in the result.
*1346O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
Wake Forest University Health Sciences (“Wake Forest”) appeals the district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) of invalidity for obviousness. In granting Smith & Nephew, Inc.’s (“S & N”) motion for JMOL, the district court overturned the jury’s determination that S & N had failed to prove that the asserted claims of the patents in suit were obvious. We conclude that, on the basis of the jury’s factual findings, S & N failed to establish by clear and…
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