Legal Opinion
Tyco Healthcare Group LP v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided October 8, 2007No. 3:04cv1702 (JBA)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [DOCS. ## 119, 121, 124, 127]
JANET BOND ARTERTON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Tyco Healthcare Group LP, doing business as United States Surgical (“U.S.Surgical”) instituted this suit against Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (“Ethicon”), alleging patent infringement by Ethicon of four of U.S. Surgical’s patents, all of which relate to a medical tool that uses ultrasonic energy to effect cutting and blood coagulation and is commonly used in laparoscopic or endoscopic surgeries. 1 Plaintiff claims that defendant has infringed its patents by incorporating the…
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