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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Finds Arthrex Guilty of Infringing Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Patent

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, March 5th, 2010

Smith & Nephew, Inc., Endoscopy Division, a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew plc (NYSE:SNN) (London Stock Exchange: SN) announced that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled in Smith & Nephew's favor and found privately-held Arthrex Inc., (Naples, Fla.) guilty of infringing U.S. Patent 5,645,588. The jury awarded Smith & Nephew $4.7 million for Arthrex's past infringement.

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy sued Arthrex nearly three years ago, claiming that Arthrex's Retrobutton Femoral Fixation device infringed a U.S. patent owned by Smith & Nephew Endoscopy. The patent asserted in the claim covers Smith & Nephew's ENDOBUTTON™ Fixation Device...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2010-03-05)

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