United States Federal Circuit
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. St. Jude Med., Inc., 07-1296
In a patent infringement case involving implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), district court's judgment is reversed in part and affirmed in part where: 1) district court's grant of summary judgment of invalidity to St. Jude is reversed as invalidity was not at issue on remand because the mandate rule and reinstatement of the jury's validity verdict precluded defendant 's anticipation defense on remand; 2) district court's grant of a conditional new trial is reversed and the jury's verdict that the '288 patent is not unenforceable for uninequitable conduct is reinstated as St. Jude waived first two of its three arguments at trial and parties stipulated as to the third argument; 3) district court's ruling on damages is affirmed and remanded to instances in which the patented method has actually been performed; and 4) the court's decision is reversed that section 271(f) applies in this case in determining that 35 U.S.C. - 271(f) applies to method claims and hence permitting damages on devices exported where the claimed method is carried out in countries other than the United States.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/19/2009
- Published 08/19/2009
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- United States Federal Circuit