KFX ALLEGES PATENT INFRINGEMENT AGAINST STRYKER (Orthopedics This Week)
San Diego, California-based KFx Medical, LLC, holder of patents used in knotless double row rotator cuff repair, is alleging that Stryker’s product infringed on its intellectual property.
In 2015, the company successfully defended these patents against Arthrex, Inc. Arthrex and KFx had fought over the Knotless Double Row Fixation patents all the way to the appellate court. Arthrex tried to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the Court turned down the review so Arthrex paid $35 million to KFx.
Following that victory, Tate Scott, KFx's president and CEO, said, “Small companies can indeed win and defend their intellectual property from much, much larger companies. The Supreme Court's ruling today has confirmed KFx patents are valid and infringed by Arthrex. We will continue to require other infringers to respect our intellectual property.”
In March 2018, KFx said it and Wright Medical agreed to dismiss patent litigation over the rotator cuff repair patents and signed a licensing deal.
The company has also signed licensing deals with Zimmer Biomet, Smith & Nephew, Johnson & Johnson's ...
