Legal Opinion
Cordis Corporation v. Medtronic, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 15, 1987No. 87-1186PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISSELL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order of the District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2 USPQ2d 1845 (1986), preliminarily enjoining Medtronic, Inc. (Medtronic) from terminating its license agreement with Cordis Corporation (Cordis) for the manufacture, sale, and use of tined leads, pending the outcome of the underlying action. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Cordis, a manufacturer of medical devices, has been making and supplying cardiac pacemakers and related equipment such as cardiac pacing leads (endocardial leads) for at least twenty-four years. Medtronic owns two United States…
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