INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. v. COMPUTER MOTION, INC.

No. Civ.A. 01-203-SLR.

214 F.Supp.2d 433 (2002)

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. and International Business Machines Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. COMPUTER MOTION, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

July 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Halkowski, John T. Meli, Jr., Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE, Counsel for plaintiff, Intuitive Surgical, Inc., of counsel, Frank E. Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Boston MA, Susan E. Emrich, Todd G. Miller, Fish & Richardson, P.C., San Diego, CA.

Jesse E. Finkelstein, Robert W. Whetzel, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for plaintiff, International Business Machines Corporation, of counsel, Raymond A. Kurz, Celine Jimenez Crowson, David A. Kikel, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, DC.

Josy W. Ingersoll, Adam W. Poff, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for defendant, of counsel, Jan P. Weir, Julie McCoy Akins, Steven M. Hanle, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Newport Beach, CA.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROBINSON, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On March 30, 2001, plaintiffs Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ("Intuitive") and International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM") filed this action against defendant Computer Motion, Inc. alleging infringement of certain claims of United States Patent No. 6,201,984 (the " 984 patent"). (D.I.1) On May 17, 2001, defendant filed counter-claims seeking a declaratory judgment of noninfringement, invalidity...

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