Barry v. Medtronic, Inc., No. 17-2463 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 24, 2019)

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Dr. Mark Barry brought this action against Medtro n- ic, Inc., alleging that Medtronic induced surgeons to infringe U.S. Patent Nos. 7,670,358 and 8,361,121 , which Dr. Barry owns and which name him as the sole inventor . The jury found infringement of method claims 4 and 5 of the ’358 patent and system claims 2, 3, and 4 of the ’121 patent, rejected Medtronic’s several inval idity defenses, and awarded damages. In post -trial ruling s on the jury issues, Barry v. Medtronic, Inc., 230 F. Supp. 3d 630 (E.D. Tex.