Legal Opinion
Niazi Licensing Corp. v. St. Jude Med. S.C., Inc.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided April 30, 2018No. Case No. 17–cv–5096 (WMW/BRT)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Wilhelmina M. Wright, United States District Judge
This patent-infringement dispute is before the Court on Defendant St. Jude Medical S.C., Inc.'s motion to dismiss Plaintiff Niazi Licensing Corp.'s claims for indirect infringement and willful infringement. (Dkt. 8.) For the reasons addressed below, St. Jude's motion is denied.
BACKGROUND
Niazi owns United States Patent No. 6,638,268 (the '268 Patent), which is titled "Catheter to Cannulate the Coronary Sinus." The '268 Patent generally embodies an invention related to medical devices-namely, catheters of the type used to cannulate the coronary…
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