Zimmer ordered to pay Stryker $210M for willful patent infringement

Zimmer ordered to pay Stryker $210 million over patents (Reuters)
A federal judge ordered Zimmer Holdings Inc to pay Stryker Corp $210 million for infringing its surgical irrigation patents, tripling an award by a jury that found Zimmer's conduct was willful.
U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker in Grand Rapids, Michigan, also issued a permanent injunction banning Zimmer from selling infringing products, including from its Pulsavac Plus line.
Zimmer said it plans to appeal Wednesday's decision.
Stryker (download 4-page analysis of Stryker HERE) and Zimmer are large producers of orthopedic pulsed ...