1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 954 F.Supp.
  5. 954 F.Supp. 51 (1997)
 

ETHICON, INC. v. U.S. SURGICAL CORP.

No. B:89CV386 (RNC).

954 F.Supp. 51 (1997)

ETHICON, INC. and Inbae Yoon, M.D., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION and Young Jae Choi, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

February 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaare Phillips, Grais & Phillips, New York City, special master.

Thomas W. Pippert, David F. Dobbins, Jeffrey I.D. Lewis, Kim Sweet, John M. DiMatteo, Erik Haas, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, Eric Harris, Harman A. Grossman, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, Dion W. Moore, Elizabeth Jane McBride, Peter D. Clark, Williams, Cooney & Sheehy, Bridgeport, CT, for Ethicon, Inc.

Thomas W. Pippert, David F. Dobbins, Jeffrey I.D. Lewis, Kim Sweet, John M. DiMatteo, Erik Haas, Eric Harris, Harman A. Grossman, Dion W. Moore, Elizabeth Jane McBride, Peter D. Clark, Patrick E. Gonya, Jr., Fowler, White, Burnett Hurley Banick & Strickroot PA, Miami, FL, for Yoon.

Paul F. Thomas, Jacob D. Zeldes, Frank J. Silvestri, Jr., Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, Bridgeport, CT, Clark E. Walter, Bradford J. Badke, Harvey Kurzweil, Dewey Ballantine, New York City, Sanford M. Litvack, The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, CA, Beverly Stauffer Knapp, Westport, CT, for U.S. Surgical Corp.

RULING AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

CHATIGNY, District Judge.

Defendant United States Surgical Corporation (USSC) and intervenor-defendant Young Jae Choi have moved to dismiss the complaint of plaintiffs Ethicon, Inc. and Inbae Yoon, M.D., which charges USSC with infringing U.S. Patent No. 4,535,773 (the '773 Patent). The motion is based on the court's order granting USSC's motion to correct the '773 patent to add Choi as a coinventor...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases