Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

Rex Medical, L.P. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., No. 24-1072 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2025)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-1072
Also Docketed
No. 24-1125 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
October 2, 2025
Judge
Stoll, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
27 pages

From the Opinion

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Rex Medical, L.P. (“Rex”) sued Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., and Intuitive Surgical Holdings, LLC (collectively, “Intuitive”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware for patent infringement. Days before a jury trial began, the district court precluded Rex’s damages expert from testifying about a specific li- cense agreement for failure to apportion . At trial, neither party’s damages expert testified. The jury found that In- tuitive infringed claim 6 of U.S. Patent No.