In re Neurografix ('360) Patent Litigation

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE COMPLAINTS AND CONSOLIDATED DEFENDANTS’ RENEWED MOTION TO DISMISS

STEARNS, District Judge.

In the summer of 2012, plaintiffs Neuro-Grafix, Neurography Institute Medical Associates, Inc. (NIMA), and Image-Based Surgicenter Corporation (IBSC), launched a fusillade of lawsuits against MRI equipment manufacturers and university and hospital end-users, accusing them of infringing U.S. Patent No. 5,560,360, “Image Neurography and Diffusion Anisotropy Imaging” (’360 patent). Nine pending cases were consolidated by the Multidistrict…