Legal Opinion
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. Covidien, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 7, 2015No. 2014-1370PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants Ethicon Endo-Sur-gery, Inc. and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC (collectively, Ethicon) sued defendants-appellees Covidien, Inc. and Covi-dien LP (collectively, Covidien) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for alleged infringement of several utility and design patents related to ultrasonic surgical devices. After the close of discovery, the district court granted Covi-dien’s motions for summary judgment, concluding that 1) U.S. Patent No. 8,182,-501 (the '501 patent) is invalid as indefinite, 2) U.S. Patent No. 5,989,275 (the '275…
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