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| February 24, 2011

Siemens Med. Solutions USA, Inc. v. Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.

On February 24, 2011, the Federal Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the district court’s denial of Saint-Gobain’s motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial following the jury’s finding that Saint-Gobain infringed under the doctrine of equivalents U.S. Patent 4,958,080, which related to radiation detectors comprising a lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) scintillator crystal and a photodetector.

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