Day: April 14, 2011

  • By Kevin E. Noonan — The House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary today approved H.R. 1249 (the "America Invents Act") and reported the bill to the House floor by a vote of 32-3, with Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Steve King (R-IA), and James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) voting against the measure.  Along the way,…

  • By James DeGiulio — Cordis Stent Found to Infringe Boston Scientific Patent Boston Scientific Corp. secured a favorable ruling on summary judgment in its patent infringement suit against Cordis Corp. over one of its drug-eluting stents.  In 2003, Boston Scientific sued Cordis in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware for infringement of…