Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Boston Scientific Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) brings this action 1 against defendant Boston Scientific Corporation (“BSC”) alleging that BSC unlawfully monopolized, or attempted to monopolize, the intravascular ultrasound (“IVUS”) catheter and console markets in the United States, in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2, and state law. An IVUS catheter is a flexible tube-like device used in conjunction with a console to obtain sonographic images of arteries. HP also seeks a declaratory judgment that it is no…