Legal Opinion
Ethicon Endo-Surgery v. United States Surgical Corp.
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided August 31, 1995No. Civ. No. C-1-94-74PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER CONSTRUING CLAIMS 6 & U OF THE FOX PATENT, FINDING NO INFRINGEMENT, AND DISMISSING CASE
SPIEGEL, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the Court for the purpose of construing the language of Claims 6 and 24 of United States Reissue Patent Number Re. 34, 519 (the “Fox Reissue Patent”).
HISTORY OF THE LAWSUIT
Ethicon Endo-Surgery (“Ethicon”) filed this lawsuit claiming that the Defendant United States Surgical (“U.S. Surgical” or “USSC”) was infringing Ethicon’s Fox Reissue Patent. U.S. Surgical counterclaimed asserting that the Fox Patent was invalid, that Ethicon’s devices infringed…
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