June 18, 2026
The full Federal Circuit won't revisit a panel decision that gave new life to an inventor's suit accusing DePuy Synthes Cos. of infringing his spinal realignment method patents, letting stand the decision that faulted a lower court's handling of expert testimony in the case.
March 31, 2026
DePuy Synthes is urging the full Federal Circuit to review a circuit panel's decision reviving patent infringement litigation against it, saying the panel majority undermined the court's en banc EcoFactor decision on when to admit expert testimony.
January 20, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Tuesday revived an inventor's patent infringement suit against DePuy Synthes Cos., ruling that the persuasiveness of expert testimony that was excluded by a lower court is best left for the jury.
May 08, 2025
A Federal Circuit panel on Thursday considered how much an expert strayed from a lower court's claim construction in an inventor's patent infringement suit against DePuy Synthes, with one judge questioning if it was merely effective cross-examination that tripped the expert up, and not much more.