Legal Opinion
ACUMED LLC v. Stryker Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 13, 2008No. 2007-1115PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this case is whether a claim for patent infringement should have been brought in a prior case between the parties and is now precluded by the prior judgment. Plaintiff-Appellant Acumed LLC (“Acumed”) appeals a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon dismissing its action against Defendants-Appellants Stryker Corp., et al., (“Stryker”) as barred by claim preclusion. Specifically, the district court held that Acumed’s present infringement suit against Stryker was precluded by a prior infringement suit between the parties which…
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