Court orders new trial for the $102M Medtronic patent case against Nuvasive

U.S. court orders new trial for damages in Medtronic patent case (Reuters)
 
 
 
 
SUMMARY

A federal appeals court overturns a $102M jury award to Medtronic in a long-running patent dispute with NuVasive pertaining to spinal implants.
A jury awarded damages to Medtronic in 2011 after it found that NuVasive's CoRoent XL implants, MaXcess II and III retractors and Helix mini anterior cervical plates violated three Medtronic patents.
The appeals panel upheld the jury's finding of liability but determined that the damage award was improper because Medtronic is not permitted to...