Ethicon LLC v. ITC

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Case overview

Case Number:

22-1111

Court:

Appellate - Federal Circuit

Nature of Suit:

  1. May 26, 2023

    Fed. Circ. Backs ITC In Surgical Stapler IP Row

    The Federal Circuit has backed a U.S. International Trade Commission finding that Intuitive Surgical Inc.'s surgical stapler cartridge imports didn't infringe a patent owned by Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon, while also agreeing that a claim in another Ethicon patent wasn't valid.

  2. March 02, 2023

    IP Forecast: Atty's TM Fraud Fight Makes Its Way To Fed. Circ.

    The Federal Circuit will consider for the first time whether the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board was wrong to wipe out a trademark because a lawyer signed a declaration about the mark without reading it. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.