Court Grants Covidien Injunction Over Ethicon Endo-Surgery’s Surgical Shears
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Covidien argues that despite a previous court ruling under appeal that Ethicon infringed on several of Covidien’s patents, the company has continued to use those designs in their line of Harmonic Ace surgical products.
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