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Intellectual Property

Jun. 17, 2024

Attorneys for urologist who lost trade secrets case seek new trial

They claim it should not have been left up to a jury to decide patent claims relating to a penile implant. Opposing counsel say that's irrelevant to the case.

A Houston urologist who lost a trade secrets case brought by a Beverly Hills doctor over the design of a penile implant is seeking a new trial on grounds a Los Angeles federal judge erred by leaving the question of patent claim construction to the jury.

Texas-based defense attorneys for Dr. Robert Cornell in a motion Thursday argued U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall's purported error was inconsistent with a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that held judges, rather than j...

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