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Intellectual Property Analysis of Best Medical International, Inc. v. Accuray, Inc. et. al.

On August 9th 2010, Best Medical International, Inc. filed a lawsuit alleging that Accuray Corp. (NASDAQ: ARAY) benefitted from stolen trade secrets along with patent infringement of U.S. Pat No. US 5,596,619. Further, the suit claims that 4 employees, previously employed by Best Medical stole confidential and proprietary information when they quit Best Medical to work for Accuray and that this information was used in an incremental development of the Accuray CyberKnife.

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Intellectual Property Analysis of NuVasive Inc. v. Globus Medical Inc.

On October 5, 2010, NuVasive, Inc. initiated a patent infringement lawsuit against Globus Medical, Inc. over Globus Medical’s LLIF lateral fusion offerings. NuVasive claims that these instruments, implants and techniques infringe on NuVasive’s XLIF intellectual property, specifically that disclosed within U.S. Patent No. 7,691,057. In fact, this is just the most current in a string of lawsuits NuVasive has levied against competitors such as Orthofix International and a counterclaim against Medtronic.

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