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Smith & Nephew reports court action upholding fixation nail injunction in Synthes suit
February 14th, 2007
Smith & Nephew Inc., (SNN), a medical technology business, announced that a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied a stay of injunction while appeals are heard in a patent infringement suit. The permanent injunction was ordered on September 28, 2006 and bars Synthes (U.S.A.) and Synthes-Stratec, Inc. from offering, selling or promoting Synthes Trochanteric Fixation Nail (TFN) and Proximal Fixation Nail (PFN) products in the United States for use in repairing intertrochanteric fractures. Smith & Nephew filed the original suit against Synthes in November 2002. A nonjury trial that began in December...
Source: Medical Patent Law Weekly (2007-02-14)
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