May 17, 2017
Medtronic Inc. will have to pay $23.5 million to a doctor after losing an infringement case over two of his spine-aligning device patents, a Texas federal judge ruled Tuesday, even as the company appeals the validity of one of the patents to the Federal Circuit.
May 08, 2017
Medtronic urged a Texas federal court Monday not to add $1.5 million in supplemental damages and nearly $3 million in prejudgment interest to a $17.7 million verdict for infringement of two medical device patents, saying the doctor who filed suit failed to provide evidence for the additional royalties.
April 21, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Thursday boosted by 20 percent a $17.7 million damages judgment against Medtronic Inc. for infringement of two medical device patents, saying the add-on was warranted given evidence of "reckless" copying, though he declined to grant attorneys' fees.
January 26, 2017
A Texas federal judge Wednesday filleted $2.6 million from a $20.3 million jury verdict against Medtronic while otherwise upholding that the company infringed two medical device patents in the U.S. and that the patents are valid.
November 30, 2016
A doctor who won $20.3 million after a Texas jury found Medtronic Inc. infringed two of his medical device patents opposed Medtronic's counterclaim on Tuesday, which alleged the doctor and his lawyer withheld information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
November 14, 2016
Medtronic Inc. must pay $20.3 million in damages to a doctor who sued the medical device company for patent infringement, a Texas jury decided Friday.
October 28, 2016
An Eastern District of Texas judge has instructed attorneys representing Medtronic Inc. and a doctor suing the medical device company for patent infringement not to reach out to potential jurors via social media in the days leading up to trial.
July 22, 2016
An Eastern District of Texas judge has excluded some of the testimony a former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office official planned to give for Medtronic in an infringement suit over a spinal device, calling it speculative and saying he has no expertise in "retroactive mind reading." Correction: An earlier version of this story mischaracterized the scope of the ruling and did not make clear that the judge excluded only some parts of the expert's testimony. The story has been corrected.
August 31, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Friday stood by his decision to disqualify a Gray Reed & McGraw PC attorney from representing a doctor suing Medtronic Inc. for patent infringement, concluding the plaintiff's legal team has a well-staffed team of other medical device lawyers.
August 25, 2015
A doctor suing Medtronic Inc. for patent infringement won't be harmed if a Gray Reed & McGraw PC attorney can't participate in the case, the company has told a Texas federal judge, arguing the plaintiff's legal team has a stable of other medical device lawyers.