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SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. v. ETHICON, INC.

No. Civ.A.99-12320-RGS.

98 F.Supp.2d 106 (2000)

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. v. ETHICON, INC., Johnson & Johnson, James E. Nicholson, Roland F. Gatturna, and James O'Leary

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Hebert, John M. Skenyon, Jeffrey L. Snow, Fish & Richardson, Boston, MA, for Smith & Nephew, Inc.

David R. Schmahmann, Carl M. DeFranco, Jr., Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, Steven A. Zalesin, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, for Ethicon, Inc.

David R. Schmahmann, Carl M. DeFranco, Jr., Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, for Johnson & Johnson.

Carl M. DeFranco, Jr., Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, for James E. Nicholson, Roland F. Gatturna.

Carl M. DeFranco, Jr., Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, Kevin D. O'Leary, Cummings & Lockwood, Hartford, CT, for James F. O'Leary.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISQUALIFY COUNSEL

STEARNS, District Judge.

Defendants James E. Nicholson and Roland F. Gatturna hold a series of patents for "suture anchors," devices that fasten soft tissue to bone during orthopedic surgery. Plaintiff Smith & Nephew, Inc. (S & N), claims ownership of the inventions under the provisions of defendants' employment contracts with Acufex Microsurgical, Inc. (Acufex) and American...

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