The court ruled that the U.S. patents in question licensed to Kinetic Concepts were invalid due to obviousness. Smith & Nephew are allowed to continue marketing RENASYS –F in the U.S. as a result of the judgment.
The judgment overturns a previous jury verdict from March of 2010 and is consistent with the judgment to invalidate Kinetic Concepts’ related patents in the United Kingdom and Germany.
Read the release on Smith & Nephew’s RENASYS –F.
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