Respironics wins round in litigation with ResMed:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A district court has dismissed a charge by ResMed against Respironics relating to allegations of patent infringement. The patent covers ResMed's delay timer feature on its devices for the treatment of sleep apnoea. The court has now dismissed all three of the original patents named in the suit which dates from January 1995. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Respironics is "extremely confident" about one remaining claim, filed in June 1996, and the company plans to seek reimbursement for legal fees. ResMed, of San Diego, California, said it was disappointed by the ruling, but the decision did not affect the validity of the disputed patents. The company plans to appeal at the appropriate time.