J&J v. Boston Scientific
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Stent patent infringement award of $324.4 mil. to Johnson & Johnson is set aside and a new damages trial has been ordered in Wilmington federal court, Boston Scientific announces March 28. However, the court upheld a portion of a December 2000 jury verdict that found the NIR stent, made by Medinol for Boston Scientific, infringed one claim of J&J's '762 Palmaz balloon expandable stent patent (1"The Gray Sheet" Dec. 18, 2000, p. 16). "Regardless of the outcome of the new damages trial, we plan on appealing any infringement judgment entered," Boston Scientific says...