BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Medical device maker ResMed Inc. (RMD) Monday said it has won a permanent injunction in Germany against Taiwanese medical device manufacturer APEX Medical Corp., prohibiting sales of infringing headgear used on APEX WiZARD 210 and 220 masks.
The judgment was entered by the Regional District Court in Munich, is appealable, and applies throughout Germany.
ResMed noted that the permanent injunction continues a preliminary injunction that was entered by the same court on November 12, 2013. The court rejected APEX's request to stay the injunction and its challenge to the validity of ResMed's patent.
The judgment also requires APEX to forfeit its inventory of infringing products, to report on its sales of the infringing products, and to pay damages to ResMed.
ResMed said it has also filed separate patent infringement lawsuits in the same court seeking damages and permanent injunctions to stop infringement of other ResMed patents. The trials of those cases will occur in the fall of 2014.
David Pendarvis, ResMed global general counsel and chief administrative officer, said, 'We will continue to defend our investment in intellectual property and pursue all legal remedies to prevent infringement in any country where that infringement exists.'
ResMed is an innovator and pioneer in developing products for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and other chronic respiratory conditions.
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