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Stryker v. Zimmer, No. 13-1668 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 23, 2015)

Affirmed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 13-1668
Decided
March 23, 2015
Judge
Per curiam
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
2 pages

United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

STRYKER CORPORATION, STRYKER PUERTO

RICO, LTD., STRYKER SALES CORPORATION,

Plaintiffs-Appellees

v.

ZIMMER, INC., ZIMMER SURGICAL, INC.,

Defendants-Appellants

ZIMMER ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PRODUCTS,

Defendant

2013-1668

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan in No. 10-CV-1223, Judge Robert J. Jonker.

ON PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING

Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and HUGHES, Circuit

Judges.

O R D E R

A petition for rehearing en banc was filed by appellees Stryker Corporation, Stryker Sales Corporation and2 2 STRYKER CORPORATION v. ZIMMER, INC.

Stryker Puerto Rico, Ltd. and a response thereto was invited by the court and filed by appellant Zimmer Surgical, Inc. and Zimmer, Inc. This was followed by Stryker Corporation, Stryker Sales Corporation and Stryker Puerto Rico, Ltd.’s Motion for Leave to File a Reply in Support of its Petition for Rehearing. The motion was granted. The petition, response, and reply were referred to the panel that heard the appeal. IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) Appellees’ petition is granted by the panel for the limited purpose of clarifying the discussion of the standard of review of the objective reckless prong of willful infringement.

(2) The previous opinion in this appeal issued December 19, 2014 and reported at Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer, Inc., 774 F.3d 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2014) is withdrawn and replaced with the revised opinion accompanying this order. FOR THE COURT

March 23, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court

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