SurgiSil: Lip implant case shows looks can be deceiving
In October 2021, the Federal Circuit issued a two-and-half page decision in In re: SurgiSil, 14 F.4th 1380 (2021). Despite clocking in at just over 600 words, this small decision could have wide-ranging repercussions in the design patent jurisprudence, in three potential ways.
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28 January 2014 A US medical research foundation has received about $131.2 million in damages after a jury found that two of its patents covering cochlear implants were infringed.