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Intellectual Property

Jul. 29, 2009

Medtronic to Pay Abbott $400 Million

Medtronic Inc. settled all of its worldwide legal disputes Monday with Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories for $400 million the day trial was set to begin in San Francisco.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

On the day jury selection was scheduled to begin in the latest patent-infringement trial between two rival medical-device makers, Medtronic Inc. settled all of its worldwide legal disputes with Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories for $400 million.

The settlement was announced Monday morning by attorneys for the two companies in the San Francisco courtroom of U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton. It resol...

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