Boston Scientific loses appeal in J&J case
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., finds Boston Scientific's "Ding" patent for a drug-eluting stent coating system to be invalid as obvious over prior art. The ruling overturns a 2005 jury verdict in the U.S. District Court of Delaware that found the patent was valid and infringed by Johnson & Johnson/Cordis' Cypher sirolimus-eluting stent (1"The Gray Sheet" June 19, 2006, In Brief). Boston says it is considering options for challenging the decision