The Court in Skedco, Inc. v. Strategic Operations, Inc. entered a final judgment of infringement of the patent-in-suit, U.S. Patent No. 8,342,852 (entitled “Trauma training system”).  The Court also denied in part Skedco’s motion for summary judgment of no invalidity and no unenforceability, and decided that at least a portion of those issues must be resolved by a jury.

NuVasive has sued Alphatec Holdings in the Southern District of California for patent infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,819,801, 8,355,780, 8,439,832, 8,753,270, 9,833,227 (entitled “Surgical access system and related methods”), U.S. Patent No. 8,361,156 (entitled “Systems and methods for spinal fusion”), and U.S. Design Patent Nos. D652,519 (“Dilator”) and D750,252 (“Intervertebral implant”).  NuVasive alleges that Alphatec’s Battalion™ lateral spinal fusion procedure and related devices and components infringe the patents-in-suit.

Ormco Corp. has filed an answer and counterclaim in the District of New Jersey alleging that MidAtlantic Ortho infringes U.S. Patent Nos. 7,267,545 (“Self-ligating orthodontic bracket”) and 9,867,680 (“Orthodontic bracket”).  Ormco Corp. accuses MidAtlantic Ortho’s FIT.20 orthodontic bracket system of infringing its two patents.

MidAtlantic Ortho had previously filed suit against Ormco Corp. seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of the ‘545 patent.

Trudell Medical Intl. has sued D R Burton Healthcare, LLC in the Eastern District of North Carolina for patent infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,808,588, entitled “Oscillating positive respiratory pressure device.”  Trudell alleges that D R Burton Healthcare’s vPEP® oscillating positive expiratory pressure (OPEP) product infringes the patent-in-suit.