DEPUY SPINE, INC. v. MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, INC.

Civil Action No. 01-CV-10165 EFH.

533 F.Supp.2d 243 (2008)

DEPUY SPINE, INC., f/k/a Depuy Acromed, Inc. and Biedermann Motech GMBH, Plaintiffs v. MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, INC., f/k/a Sofamor Danek Group, Inc., and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan W. Jansen, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Irvine, CA, Calvin P. Griffith, Patrick J. Norton, Robert L. Canala, Robert C. Kahrl, Thomas R. Goots, Jones Day, Isaac A. Molnar, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Joseph F. Shea, Scott E. Erlich, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Boston, MA, Greer N. Shaw, Luke L. Dauchot, Robert G. Krupka, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs.

David E. Marder, Lisa A. Furnald, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Lauren B. Fletcher, Mark C. Fleming, Timothy R. Shannon, WilmerHale LLP, Boston, MA, Dirk D. Thomas, Jason R. Buratti, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Robert A. Auchter, Andre J. Bahou, Kenneth A. Freeling, Dewey Ballantine, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Brian K. Erickson, Dewey Ballantine LLP, Austin, TX, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HARRINGTON, Senior District Judge.

The defendants have raised three issues in their Motion for a New Trial on the Question of Infringement: the admission of evidence pertaining to the design history of the Vertex screws, the relevance of other polyaxial screws (not in suit) for determining infringement, and the Court's questioning of defense witness, Prof. Thomas Oxland. Because the Court concurs in the plaintiffs' analysis of...

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