Legal Opinion
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 18, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2:10cv441PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MARK S. DAVIS, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The patent infringement action before the Court was brought by Plaintiffs W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., and Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.,1 (collectively “Gore”), against defendants Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic USA Inc., and Medtronic Vascular Inc., (collectively “Medtronic”). The patent-in-suit claims a method of making a tubular intraluminal stent graft.
A five-day bench trial was held in February 2012. This Opinion and Order ad*530dresses and resolves all remaining motions and merits determinations and constitutes the Court’s Findings…
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