Patents, Patent Portfolios, Medical Devices

Patents and the FDA: Four Critical Considerations Medical Device Companies Must Know to Successfully Introduce New Products into...

Offit Kurman on 7/16/2025

The intersection of patent strategy and FDA regulatory strategy is a critical consideration for medical device companies. A well-integrated approach can create powerful barriers to entry, strengthen intellectual property (IP)...more

The Importance Of Patents For ML-Based Medical Device Inventions

MoFo Life Sciences on 9/12/2022

The use of machine learning (ML) in the medical device field has greatly expanded in recent years, becoming increasingly important to the product offerings of many medical device companies....more

Dispute Between Telehealth Giants Heats Up

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 10/28/2020

Teladoc has sued competitor Amwell over patent claims in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Teladoc is accusing Amwell of infringing on its patents related to telehealth carts, a digital scope and...more

Medical Device Companies: Three Ways to Strengthen Your Design Patent Portfolio in 2020

Morgan Lewis on 1/14/2020

Rapid advancements in medical device technology have brought unprecedented changes to the industry. Increasingly, innovative medical devices also combine developments from other industries such as software, hardware,...more

Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2018 (Presentation)

Knobbe Martens on 12/5/2018

Knobbe Martens Partners Paul Conover, Irfan Lateef, and Curtis Huffmire presented "Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2018" at the MedTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, CA on November 28, 2018. This session...more

The Danger of Double Patenting

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/18/2013

In St. Jude Medical, Inc. v. Access Closure, Inc., the Federal Circuit found that one of St. Jude’s patents was invalid under the doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting. This case highlights the potential difficulty of...more