Case: Patents/Pleadings (D. N.J.)

Medical device company Cochlear Ltd. has shown good cause to amend its complaint alleging that Oticon Medical AB’s Ponto BHX implant infringed on Cochlear’s patent for a bone anchor fixture for a medical prosthesis. Cochlear seeks to add an allegation that Oiticon willfully infringed the patent and also requests increased damages. Oticon won’t undergo any undue prejudice as a result of this amendment, because Cochlear merely wants to add a heightened claim of the same infringement already alleged in the complaint. The case is Cochlear Ltd. v. Oticon Med. AB, 2019 BL 280666, D.N.J., No. 18-6684 BRM DEA, 7/29/19. ...