In Brief: Augustine Medical Bair Hugger
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Augustine Medical Bair Hugger: Damage phase of patent infringement litigation begins Sept. 15 after a Federal jury in Minneapolis rules Aug. 29 that Mallinckrodt and Gaymar infringe three Augustine patents covering its Bair Hugger forced-air warming blankets. The jury simultaneously ruled that two Mallinckrodt patents asserted against Augustine are invalid and unenforceable, and that unfair competition charges filed by Mallinckrodt and Gaymar are invalid. Augustine has similar patent dispute cases pending against Cincinnati Sub-Zero, Seabrook, and Smiths Industries Medical Systems...