United States Federal Circuit

In a patent dispute concerning electrosurgical instruments, denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law is reversed where the jury's determination that plaintiff's patent was not invalid is not supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2005
• Published 05/10/2005

Judges

• BRYSON, Circuit Judge., Before MAYER, LOURIE, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jared Bobrow, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, of Redwood Shores, California, argued for plaintiff/counterclaim defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief were Matthew D. Powers and Perry R. Clark.   Of counsel on the brief were Timothy E. DeMasi, of New York, New York;  and Jack B. Blumenfeld and Karen Jacobs Louden, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, of Wilmington, Delaware., George F. Pappas, Venable LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for counterclaim defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief were Vicki Margolis and Rebecca G. Lombard., Ruffin B. Cordell, Fish & Richardson P.C., of Washington, DC, argued for defendant/counterclaimant-appellant.   With him on the brief were Lauren A. Degnan and Tina M. Chappell.   Of counsel on the brief were Mark J. Hebert and Thomas M. Johnston, of Boston, Massachusetts.   Of counsel was William J. Marsden, Jr., of Wilmington, Delaware.