Legal Opinion
ICU Medical, Inc. v. Alaris Medical Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 13, 2009No. 2008-1077PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
ICU Medical, Inc. (ICU) appeals from various orders by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granting partial summary judgment of noninfringement, summary judgment of invalidity, and attorney fees and Rule 11 sanctions — all in favor of Alaris Medical Systems, Inc. (Alaris). ICU sued Alaris for infringement of four U.S. patents related to valves used in medical intravenous (IV) setups. The district court accepted Alaris’s proposed construction of the term “spike,” requiring pointed and piercing features, and granted partial summary judgment of…
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