The nine former employees include engineers, managers, a department supervisor and a director. The company’s lawsuit included an affidavit from a current employee who claims the group, which was responsible for Smith & Nephew’s Visionaire product, was planning a “mass resignation” with intentions of starting their own company, according to the news report.
It is also alleged that the former employees would use the confidential intellectual property to offer consulting services. Smith & Nephew is seeking $20 million in damages in addition to damages from individual employees, according to the report.
Read the news report about Smith & Nephew’s lawsuit over intellectual property.
Read other coverage about lawsuits involving medical device companies:
– Liability Lawsuit Against Stryker Dismissed
– NuVasive Initiates Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Globus Medical
– Styker Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Zimmer Holdings
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