Legal Opinion
Medtronic Navigation, Inc. v. Brainlab Medizinische Computersysteme GMBH
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 26, 2010No. 2009-1058, 2009-1059PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BRYSON. Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge LOURIE.
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., and Sofamor Danek Holdings, Inc., (collectively, “Medtronic”) and trial counsel McDermott Will & Emery LLP (“McDermott”) appeal from a district court order awarding attorney fees, costs, expenses, and interest in the amount of $4,382,031.36. We reverse.
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Medtronic brought this patent infringement action in 1998. The accused devices included the defendants’ VectorVision products, which are image-guided surgical…
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