Legal Opinion
Depuy Spine, Inc. (Formerly Known as Depuy Acromed, Inc.) v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. (Formerly Known as Sofamor Danek Group, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 20, 2006No. 2005-1311PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINN, Circuit Judge.
DePuy Spine, Inc. (formerly DePuy AcroMed, Inc.) and Biedermann Motech GmbH (collectively “DePuy”) appeal from grants of summary judgment that the Vertex® and bottom-loaded types of devices marketed by Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. (collectively “Medtronic”) do not infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,207,678 (’678 patent). DePuy Acromed, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., No. 01-10165-EFH (D.Mass. Apr. 14, 2003) (“All Models Order”); DePuy Acromed, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., No. 01-10165-EFH (D.Mass. Feb. 24, 2004) (“Vertex…
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