Saffran, M.D., Ph.D., v. Johnson & Johnson et al, No. 2:07-cv-00451 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 31, 2011)

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I. INTRODUCTION Pending before the Court is defendants Johnson & Johnson (―J&J) and Cordis Corporation‘s (―Cordis‖) (collectively ―Defendants‖) motion for judgment as a matter of law (―JMOL‖). (Dkt. No. 296.) Defendants seek JMOL that (1) there is no infringement; (2) the patent-in-suit is invalid; (3) there is no willful infringement; and (4) there was not sufficient evidence to support $482,0 00,000.00 in damages. The motion is GRANTED-in-part and DENIED-in-part.