Legal Opinion
Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research v. Cochlear Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 14, 2010No. 2009-1447PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Chief Judge.
The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research (“AMF”) is a research organization interested in developing new medical technologies, including cochlear implants. Cochlear Corporation and Cochlear Ltd. (collectively, “Cochlear”) are companies that build cochlear implants for use in human patients. AMF sued Cochlear for patent infringement, and the district court dismissed the case for lack of standing to sue. At issue is a 2004 agreement between AMF and Advanced Bionics (“AB”), another company that builds cochlear implants, granting AB an exclusive license to the…
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