Legal Opinion
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 13, 2015No. 2014-1114PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge PROST. Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge HUGHES. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
PROST, Chief Judge.
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (“Gore”) appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona of willfulness in the infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,436,135 (“’135 patent”). For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
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This dispute began with the filing of the 1974 patent application from which the '135 patent eventually issued — twenty-eight years later. The technology and patent claims that have…
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