Boston Scientific stent patent prevails
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
U.S. District Court for Delaware June 15 upholds a 2005 jury determination that Johnson & Johnson/Cordis' Cypher sirolimus-eluting stent infringes Boston Scientific's "Ding" patent for non-thrombogenic polymer technology. Cordis had asked the court to overturn the 2005 jury verdict and now says it will appeal the decision by District Court Judge Sue Robinson (1"The Gray Sheet" July 4, 2005, p. 5). The ruling is Robinson's third in six weeks on patent disputes between the sparring drug-eluting stent manufacturers. Prudential Equity Group senior medical device analyst Larry Biegelsen said in a June 15 research note that the continuing stent intellectual property battle between the two firms is "unlikely to have a substantial financial impact on either party"...