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Intellectual Property

Apr. 2, 2024

Urologist awarded $18.3M for theft of penile implant concept

Last June, Waymaker LLP secured an 8-0 jury verdict for Dr. James Elist and his businesses on all 10 claims that Houston-based urologist Dr. Robert Cornell unlawfully claimed inventorship of penile implant concepts.

A federal judge awarded $18.3 million to a plaintiff Beverly Hills urologist in a four-year-old trade secrets case on claims a rival doctor appropriated his design of a penile implant and put them into public domain.

Last June, Waymaker LLP partners Ryan G. Baker and Scott M. Malzahn secured an 8-0 jury verdict for Dr. James Elist and his businesses on all 10 claims that Houston-based urologist Dr. Robert Cornell, and others associated wit...

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