TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP v. ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY

Nos. 2013-1324, 2013-1381.

774 F.3d 968 (2014)

TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP and United States Surgical Corporation, Plaintiffs-Cross-Appellants, v. ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

December 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew M. Wintringham , DLA Piper LLP (US), of New York, NY, argued for plaintiffs-cross-appellants. With him on the brief were Francis W. Ryan, IV , and Stanley J. Panikowski, III.

William F. Cavanaugh, Jr. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, of New York, NY, argued for defendant-appellant. Of counsel on the brief were Dianne B. Elderkin , Barbara L. Mullin , and Steven D. Maslowski , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, of Philadelphia, PA.

Before PROST, Chief Judge, REYNA and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.


Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. appeals from a U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut judgment that certain asserted claims of Tyco Healthcare Group LP's U.S. Patent Nos. 6,682,544 ("'544 patent"), 6,063,050 ("'050 patent"), and 6,468,286 ("'286 patent") would not have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Tyco cross...

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