Legal Opinion
Jang v. Boston Scientific Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 15, 2008No. 2007-1385PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
In this contract case, plaintiff G. David Jang, M.D., alleges that defendants, Boston Scientific Corporation (“Boston Scientific”) and Scimed Life Systems Incorporated (“Scimed”) breached a contract with Jang by failing to make required payments. The right to these payments depends on whether the sale of certain devices by Boston Scientific and Scimed were “covered by” (i.e., would have infringed) U.S. Patents No. 5,922,021 and 5,954,743 (“the '021 patent” and “the '743 patent,” respectively), originally issued to Jang and later assigned to defendants. The district court…
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