Smith & Nephew injunction
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
U.K. court grants Kinetic Concepts a temporary injunction prohibiting S&N from marketing foam dressing kits for negative pressure wound therapy in the United Kingdom until the High Court of Justice of England and Wales can rule on the related patent infringement suit. A trial date will be set for some time after March 23. S&N notes that the injunction does not apply outside the U.K. In the U.S, a San Antonio federal court is scheduled to hear the patent case in October (1"The Gray Sheet" Dec. 15, 2008, In Brief)