ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Permanent injunctions can be a powerful tool in protecting medical device patents. Irfan Lateef and Isabella Pestana from Knobbe Martens outline the standards that product companies need to meet to invoke this approach.
Medical device companies face increasing scrutiny on how patents will affect their business. Investors, boards of directors, and strategic partners may ask if competitor patents will prevent market entry—or whether the company’s patents can block infringing products. To respond to such scrutiny, companies must understand and assess infringement remedies. These remedies can compensate for past patent infringement, and they can even prevent future sales of infringing products through a court-ordered injunction.
