LOS ANGELES, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Los Angeles-based partner Jeffrey Olson was lead trial counsel representing both VIASYS subsidiary SensorMedics (Yorba Linda, CA) and co-defendant Pulmonox (Canada). Earlier in the litigation, SensorMedics and Pulmonox had successfully defended against a requested preliminary injunction and had won the summary dismissal of multiple patent infringement claims brought by patent licensees INO Therapeutics, Inc. and AGA AB, and the owner of the patents, The General Hospital Corp. (Boston, MA). INO and AGA are both owned by Linde AG (Germany). The patents relate to the use and delivery of nitric oxide gas for the treatment of various pulmonary ailments.
Following the dismissal of the patent claims, the antitrust and unfair trade practice counterclaims had been set for trial. The trial was scheduled to occur in the United States District Court in Trenton, New Jersey. The litigation has now been settled with multi-million dollar payments to both SensorMedics and Pulmonox.
Other participating Sidley attorneys included Paul Meier, Samuel Tiu and Matthew Jorgenson. Also representing the defendants were special antitrust counsel Dan Gustafson and Karla Gluek of Gustafson Gluek PLLC (Minneapolis, MN) and local counsel Joel Schneider of Archer & Greiner P.C. (Haddonfield, NJ).
INO, AGA and The General Hospital Corp. were represented by Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik LLP (Westfield, NJ) and Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York, N.Y. and Washington, D.C.).
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP http://www.sidley.com/ is one of the world's largest full-service law firms, with approximately 1,550 lawyers practicing in the United States, Europe and Asia.
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Following the dismissal of the patent claims, the antitrust and unfair trade practice counterclaims had been set for trial. The trial was scheduled to occur in the United States District Court in Trenton, New Jersey. The litigation has now been settled with multi-million dollar payments to both SensorMedics and Pulmonox.
Other participating Sidley attorneys included Paul Meier, Samuel Tiu and Matthew Jorgenson. Also representing the defendants were special antitrust counsel Dan Gustafson and Karla Gluek of Gustafson Gluek PLLC (Minneapolis, MN) and local counsel Joel Schneider of Archer & Greiner P.C. (Haddonfield, NJ).
INO, AGA and The General Hospital Corp. were represented by Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik LLP (Westfield, NJ) and Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York, N.Y. and Washington, D.C.).
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP http://www.sidley.com/ is one of the world's largest full-service law firms, with approximately 1,550 lawyers practicing in the United States, Europe and Asia.
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