ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYS. v. MEDTRONIC VASCULAR

Civ. Nos. 98-80-SLR, 98-314-SLR, 98-316-SLR.

579 F.Supp.2d 554 (2008)

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. and Guidant Sales Corp., Plaintiffs, v. MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. and Medtronic USA, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

September 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick L. Cottrell III, Esquire and Anne S. Gaza, Esquire of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, of Counsel: J. Michael Jakes, Esquire, Gerald F. Ivey, Esquire, and Michael A. Morin, Esquire of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Karen Jacobs Louden, Esquire of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE, of Counsel: Kevin S. Rosen, Esquire, Matthew A. Hoffman, Esquire, and Anthony S. Newman, Esquire of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, H. Mark Lyon, Esquire and Frederick S. Chung, Esquire of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The history of the present litigation has been well-documented in the court's prior opinions, and is repeated here by way of summary. Throughout the course of the last ten years, the major manufacturers of stents have filed suit in this court asserting claims of infringement of their respective patents against their competitors. The present lawsuit originally was filed by the predecessor...

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