Guidant fights for patent rights
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
St. Jude Medical's Atlas+ HF and Epic HF defibrillators and Frontier pacemaker infringe its RE38,119 E "Mower" patent, Guidant alleges in a suit filed in Wilmington, Del. federal court Feb. 2. Atlas and Epic are expected to be approved by FDA in May (1"The Gray Sheet" Jan. 10, 2004, p. 8). According to a filing by St. Jude with the Securities & Exchange Commission, "the '119 patent is also the subject of a lawsuit between Guidant and Medtronic in the same court." St. Jude intends to "vigorously" defend the allegation...