Legal Opinion
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 10, 2012No. 2010-1510PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
This has been a long and arduous journey for the parties in this litigation, but this should be the final curtain of the saga, which commenced in 1974 with the filing of the patent application that eventually matured as U.S. Patent No. 6,436,135 (“'135 patent”). In this patent infringement action, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (“Gore”) appeals the United States District Court for the District of Arizona’s judgment, after a jury verdict, that (1) found the '135 patent willfully infringed and not invalid for improper inventorship, anticipation, obviousness, or lack of…
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