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Stryker settles hip implant suit against J&J’s DePuy

August 13, 2014 by Brad Perriello

Stryker Corp. settles a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics division; co-defendants Wright Medical, Zimmer Holdings and Smith & Nephew move to have their cases tossed as well.

Stryker (NYSE:SYK) agreed to dismiss Johnson & Johnson(NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics from a patent infringement lawsuit brought over Stryker’s patent for a hip implant component.

Stryker leveled the suit against DePuy and a quartet of other orthopedics rivals in November 2011, accusing the J&J division,Smith & Nephew (FTSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) and Zimmer (NYSE:ZMH) of violating a Stryker patent for “Acetabular Cup Assembly With Selected Bearing,” according to court documents.

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Josh Sandberg

Josh Sandberg is the President and CEO of Ortho Spine Partners and sits on several company and industry related Boards. He also is the Creator and Editor of OrthoSpineNews.

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