GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. SONOSITE, INC.

No. 08-cv-298-bbc.

641 F.Supp.2d 793 (2009)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. SONOSITE, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

May 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Arntsen, Jeffrey A. Simmons, Justin Edwin Gray, Foley & Lardner LLP, Madison, WI, Jennifer Sklenar, Howrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Matthew Wolf, Sara P. Zogg Howrey LLP, Washington, DC, Robert E. McAlhany, Howrey LLP, East Palo Alto, CA, Terri Gillis, Howrey LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Alan Chen, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Menlo Park, CA, Christopher G. Hanewicz, John S. Skilton, Sarah C. Walkenhorst, Perkins Coie LLP, Allen Arntsen, Foley & Lardner LLP, Madison, WI, Jeffrey Cox, Mark Parris, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, Seattle, WA, Patricia Thayer, Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, CA, Lissa Koop, Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant.


OPINION and ORDER

BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.

This is a civil action for infringement of a patent for compact, handheld ultrasound machines. Defendant SonoSite, Inc., is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 5,722,412 (the '412 patent) that claims an ultrasound system weighing less than ten pounds. Plaintiff is in the business of creating predominantly large scale ultrasound systems. Planning to launch two new portable systems, the Venue 40 and a lightweight...

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