Legal Opinion
Starsurgical, Inc. v. Aperta, LLC
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 24, 2011No. Case No. 10CV1156PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge.
In 1987, Dr. Dietmar H. Wittmann, an employee of the Medical College of Wisconsin, invented a surgical patch for use in abdominal surgery. In 1988, he assigned the rights to the patch to the college’s research foundation, which in turn granted a license to use the patch to Michael Deutsch. Deutsch attempted to obtain approval to market the patch from the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) but was initially unsuccessful. He then went into business with Wittmann, and in 1999 they secured FDA approval and in 2000 formed Starsurgical, Inc.…
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