BECTON DICKINSON AND CO. v. C.R. BARD, INC.

Civ. A. No. 86-1684.

719 F.Supp. 1228 (1989)

BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. C.R. BARD, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended September 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot M. Olstein, John N. Bain, Michael S. Miller, Carella, Byrne, Bain & Gilfillan, Roseland, N.J., for plaintiff.

Frank L. Bate, Shanley & Fisher, Morristown, N.J., and John D. Foley, Warren H. Rotert, Christopher E. Chalsen, Karl M. Zielaznicki, Morgan & Finnegan, New York City, for defendant.


OPINION

WOLIN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Becton Dickinson and Company ("Becton Dickinson" or "B-D") brings this patent infringement suit against defendant C.R. Bard, Inc. ("Bard") for alleged infringement of United States Patent No. 3,789,841 ("the '841 patent"). The subject matter of the '841 patent is a disposable guide wire used in the catheterization of blood vessels. Bard has moved for summary judgment on three grounds: (1) that the patent is unenforceable...

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