CONCEPTUS, INC. v. Hologic, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING MOTIONS TO STRIKE AND LIMIT TRIAL TESTIMONY

WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

In this patent infringement action involving intrafallopian contraceptive devices, the parties each move for summary judgment. Plaintiff Conceptas, Inc. requests summary adjudication of the following:

1. That defendant Hologic, Inc. has contributed to the direct infringement of method claims 37 and 38 of U.S. Patent No. 6,634,861 through the sale of its Adiana Permanent Contraception System since July 6, 2009;

2. That Conceptus’s Essure procedure practices…