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CardiAQ Valve Technologies v. Neovasc Inc., No. 17-1302 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 1, 2017)

Affirmed
Trade Secrets Inventorship Damages Injunction
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 17-1302
Also Docketed
No. 17-1513 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
September 1, 2017
Judge
Taranto, J.
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
26 pages

From the Opinion

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This is an action brought by CardiAQ Valve Techno l- ogies, Inc. against Neovasc Inc. and Neovasc Tiara Inc. (jointly, Neovasc). Founded by cardiac surgeon Dr. A r- shad Quadri , and soon joined by engineer Brent Ratz, CardiAQ set out to create a mitral-valve implant that could be delivered to the heart by catheter rather than open-heart surgery—a transcatheter mitral valve implant (TMVI). After developing several prototypes , CardiAQ engaged Neovasc to help with assembly of an aspect of the device.

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