HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP. v. ZIMMER, INC.

Nos. 2015-1232, 2015-1234, 2015-1239.

822 F.3d 1312 (2016)

HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., Stryker Ireland Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ZIMMER, INC., Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Smith & Nephew, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Lombardi , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Stryker Ireland Ltd. Also represented by Karl Leonard ; Michelle C. Replogle , Houston, TX; Scott R. Samay , New York, NY; Jovial Wong , Washington, DC; William L. Mentlik , Roy H. Wepner , Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik LLP, Westfield, NJ.

J. Michael Jakes , Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Zimmer, Inc. Also represented by Amanda K. Murphy. Defendant-Appellee Wright Medical Technology, Inc., represented by Anthony J. Fitzpatrick , Christopher S. Kroon , Duane Morris, LLP, Boston, MA; Samuel W. Apicelli, Philadelphia, PA. Defendant-Appellee Smith & Nephew, Inc., represented by Bradley T. Lennie , Hunton & Williams, LLP, Washington, DC; David A. Kelly , Atlanta, GA; Arnold B. Calmann , Saiber, LLC, Newark, NJ.

Before O'MALLEY, PLAGER, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.


This is a patent case. Plaintiffs-Appellants Howmedica Osteonics Corp. and Stryker Ireland Ltd. (collectively, "Stryker") appeal the district court's final judgment.1 The district court held that Defendants-Appellees Smith & Nephew, Inc. ("Smith"); Wright Medical Technology, Inc. ("Wright"...

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