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Invacare Corporation v. Merits Health Products, Inc. et al Assigned to: Judge Donald C. Nugent Cause: 35:271 Patent Infringement |
Date Filed: 03/06/2009 Jury Demand: Plaintiff Nature of Suit: 830 Patent Jurisdiction: Federal Question |
| Plaintiff | ||
| Invacare Corporation | represented by | Charles B. Lyon
Calfee, Halter & Griswold 1400 McDonald Investment Center 800 Superior Avenue Cleveland , OH 44114 216-622-8510 Fax: 216-241-0816 Email: clyon@calfee.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Chet J. Bonner Calfee, Halter & Griswold - Cleveland 1400 McDonald Investment Center 800 Superior Avenue Cleveland , OH 44114 216-622-8891 Fax: 216-241-0816 Email: cbonner@calfee.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Nenad Pejic Calfee, Halter & Griswold - Cleveland 1400 McDonald Investment Center 800 Superior Avenue Cleveland , OH 44114 216-622-8200 Fax: 216-241-0816 Email: npejic@calfee.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Raymond Rundelli Calfee, Halter & Griswold - Cleveland 1400 McDonald Investment Center 800 Superior Avenue Cleveland , OH 44114 216-622-8854 Fax: 216-241-0816 Email: rrundelli@calfee.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
V. | ||
| Defendant | ||
| Merits Health Products, Inc. | represented by | Albert L. Schmeiser
Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts - Mesa Ste. 101 18 East University Drive Mesa , AZ 85201 480-655-0073 Fax: 480-655-9536 Email: alschmeiser@iplawusa.com LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED William Udall Udall & Smith Ste. 1700 18 East University Drive Mesa , AZ 85201 480-898-3660 Fax: 480-898-3435 Email: udall@iplawusa.com LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED David C. Tryon Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur - Cleveland 1700 Huntington Bldg. 925 Euclid Avenue Cleveland , OH 44115 216-443-9000 Fax: 216-443-9011 Email: dtryon@porterwright.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED James D. Liles Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur - Cincinnati Ste. 2200 250 East Fifth Street Cincinnati , OH 45202 513-369-4209 Fax: 513-421-0991 Email: jliles@porterwright.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Joseph A. Bruce Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts - Mesa Ste. 101 18 East University Drive Mesa , AZ 85201 480-655-0073 Fax: 480-655-9536 Email: jbruce@iplawusa.com ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
| Defendant | ||
| Merits Holding Company, Inc. | represented by | Albert L. Schmeiser
(See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED William Udall (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED David C. Tryon (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED James D. Liles (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Joseph A. Bruce (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
| Defendant | ||
| Merits Health Products Co., Ltd. | represented by | Albert L. Schmeiser
(See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED William Udall (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED David C. Tryon (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED James D. Liles (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Joseph A. Bruce (See above for address) ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED |
| Date Filed | # | Docket Text |
|---|---|---|
| 03/06/2009 | 1 | Complaint with jury demand Seeking Injunctive and Monetary Relief for Patent and Trademark Infringement and Related Claims against all defendants. Filing fee $ 350, receipt number 06470000000003454757, filed by Invacare Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, U.S. Trademark No. 3,215,366, # 2 Exhibit B, Summary of Safety and Effectiveness from 2005 510K Filing by Merits Health Products, # 3 Exhibit C, Advertisement by Merits Health Products in 1/09 HME News, # 4 Exhibit D, U.S. Patent No. 5,988,165, # 5 Exhibit E, 9/2/08 Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate for U.S.Patent No. 5,988,165, # 6 Exhibit F, Advertisement by Invacare in 1/09 HME News, # 7 Exhibit G, Order of Dismissal for Case No. 05-2469, # 8 Motion to Amend Order of Dismissal for Case No. 05-2469, # 9 Exhibit I, Product information from Merits Health Products website, # 10 Exhibit J, U.S. Patent No. 7,244,107 B2, # 11 Civil Cover Sheet, # 12 Summons to Merits Health Products, Co., Ltd., # 13 Summons to Merits Holding Company, Inc., # 14 Summons to Merits Health Products, Inc.) (Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 03/06/2009) |
| 03/06/2009 | 2 | Corporate Disclosure Statement by Invacare Corporation filed by Invacare Corporation. (Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 03/06/2009) |
| 03/06/2009 | 3 | Motion for preliminary injunction Against Patent and Trademark Infringement filed by Plaintiff Invacare Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Exhibit K, Preliminary Claim Charts for U.S. Patent No. 5,988,165, # 3 Exhibit L, Summary of Safety and Effectiveness from 2006 510K filing by Merits Health Products, # 4 Exhibit M, Pioneer Q110 Oxygen Concentrator Product Specifications, # 5 Exhibit N, IVC patent marking labels on HomeFill, # 6 Exhibit O, facility locations from Merits Health website, # 7 Proposed Order)(Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 03/06/2009) |
| 03/06/2009 | 4 | Affidavit/Declaration of Joseph S. Lewarski in Support of Invacare's Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by Invacare Corporation. Related document(s) 3 . (Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 03/06/2009) |
| 03/06/2009 | 5 | Affidavit/Declaration of Gerold Goertzen in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by Invacare Corporation. Related document(s) 3 . (Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 03/06/2009) |
| 03/06/2009 | 6 | Affidavit/Declaration of James S. Makiaris in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by Invacare Corporation. Related document(s) 3 . (Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 03/06/2009) |
| 03/06/2009 | 7 | Affidavit/Declaration of Louis F. J. Slangen in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by Invacare Corporation. Related document(s) 3 . (Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 03/06/2009) |
| 03/09/2009 | Judge Patricia A. Gaughan assigned to case. (C,BA) (Entered: 03/09/2009) | |
| 03/09/2009 | Random Assignment of Magistrate Judge pursuant to Local Rule 3.1. In the event of a referral, case will be assigned to Magistrate Judge Perelman. (C,BA) (Entered: 03/09/2009) | |
| 03/09/2009 | 8 | Summons and Magistrate Consent Form issued to counsel for service upon Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc. & Merits Holding Company, Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Summons for Merits Health Products, Inc., # 2 Summons for Merits Holding Company, Inc., # 3 Summons for Merits Health Products Co., Ltd.) (C,BA) (Entered: 03/09/2009) |
| 03/10/2009 | 9 | Return of Service Executed upon Merits Health Products, Inc. by corporate service on March 10, 2009 filed on behalf of Invacare Corporation Related document(s) 1 . (Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 03/10/2009) |
| 03/10/2009 | 10 | Return of Service Executed upon Merits Holding Company, Inc. by corporate service on March 10, 2009 filed on behalf of Invacare Corporation Related document(s) 1 . (Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 03/10/2009) |
| 03/20/2009 | Service by Clerk. Summons and Complaint addressed to Merits Health Products Co., Ltd. (Taiwanese address) placed in U.S. Mail. Type of service: registered mail. Registered # R8974532023US. (C,B) (Entered: 03/23/2009) | |
| 03/30/2009 | 11 | Motion for extension of time until April 30, 2009 to answer Plaintiff's Complaint and Respond to Pending Motion filed by Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc., Merits Holding Company, Inc.. Related document(s) 1 , 3 . (Tryon, David) (Entered: 03/30/2009) |
| 04/02/2009 | 12 | Motion for temporary restraining order and Opposition to Defendants' Motion for a Thirty Day Extension of Time to Respond to the Complaint and Pending Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by Plaintiff Invacare Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order, # 2 Exhibit P - 3/9/09 email, # 3 Exhibit Q - 3/25/09 email, # 4 Exhibit R - CD-ROM catalogue product page, # 5 Exhibit S - product page from catalogue, # 6 Exhibit T - 3/13/09 email, # 7 Exhibit U - 3/26/09 email, # 8 Affidavit of Joseph Lewarski in Support of Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, # 9 Affidavit of Mark Kline in Support of Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, # 10 Affidavit of Raymond Rundelli pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 65(b))(Pejic, Nenad) (Entered: 04/02/2009) |
| 04/02/2009 | 13 | Minute/Order: By agreement of the parties Brief in Opposition to the Motion for Temporary Restraining Order is due 4/8/09. Judge Patricia A. Gaughan on 4/2/09. (LC,S) re 12 (Entered: 04/02/2009) |
| 04/03/2009 | 14 | Order of Transfer reassigning case to Judge Donald C. Nugent for all further proceedings. Case is a refiled/related matter to case no. 05cv2469. Judge Patricia A. Gaughan no longer assigned to case. Signed by Judges Patricia A. Gaughan and Donald C. Nugent on 4/3/09. (S,R) Modified text on 4/13/2009 (B,B). (Entered: 04/03/2009) |
| 04/06/2009 | 15 | Motion for attorney Albert L. Schmeiser to Appear Pro Hac Vice. Filing fee $ 100, receipt number 06470000000003501039, filed by Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc., Merits Holding Company, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Albert L. Schmeiser)(Tryon, David) (Entered: 04/06/2009) |
| 04/06/2009 | 16 | Motion for attorney William Udall to Appear Pro Hac Vice. Filing fee $ 100, receipt number 06470000000003501076, filed by Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc., Merits Holding Company, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of William Udall (28 U.S.C. 1746))(Tryon, David) (Entered: 04/06/2009) |
| 04/07/2009 | Order [non-document]granting Motion for appearance pro hac vice by attorney Albert L. Schmeiser for Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc. and Merits Holding Company, Inc. (Related Doc # 15 ) Judge Donald C. Nugent(R,JM) (Entered: 04/07/2009) | |
| 04/07/2009 | Order [non-document]granting Motion for appearance pro hac vice by attorney William Udall for Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc. and Merits Holding Company, Inc. (Related Doc # 16 ) Judge Donald C. Nugent(R,JM) (Entered: 04/07/2009) | |
| 04/08/2009 | 17 | Response to Motion for temporary restraining order and Motion for preliminary injunction filed by Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc., Merits Holding Company, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Declaration of Vincent Chen)(Related doc 3 , 12 ) (Tryon, David) Modified text on 4/13/2009 (B,B). (Entered: 04/08/2009) |
| 04/10/2009 | 18 | Motion for attorney Joseph Bruce to Appear Pro Hac Vice. Filing fee $ 100, receipt number 06470000000003510560, filed by Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc., Merits Holding Company, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Joseph Bruce)(Tryon, David) (Entered: 04/10/2009) |
| 04/13/2009 | 19 | Notice of Filing Proposed Order Denying Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and a Preliminary Injunction filed by Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc., Merits Holding Company, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Denying Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction)Related document(s) 12 , 3 .(Tryon, David) (Entered: 04/13/2009) |
| 04/13/2009 | 20 | First Amended complaint with jury demand Seeking Injunctive and Monetary Relief for Patent and Trademark Infringement and Related Claims against all defendants, filed by Invacare Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A -- U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,215,366, # 2 Exhibit B -- Summary of Safety and Effectiveness from 2005 510K Filing by Merits Health Products, # 3 Exhibit C -- Advertisement by Merits Health Products in 1/09 HME News, # 4 Exhibit D -- U.S. Patent No. 5,988,165, # 5 Exhibit E -- 9/2/08 Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate for U.S. Patent No. 5,988,165, # 6 Exhibit F -- Advertisement by Invacare in 1/09 HME News, # 7 Exhibit G -- Order of Dismissal for Case No. 05-2469, # 8 Exhibit H -- Motion to Amend Order of Dismissal for Case No. 05-2469, # 9 Exhibit I -- Product information from Merits Health Products website, # 10 Exhibit J -- U.S. Patent No. 7,244,107, # 11 Exhibit R -- CD-ROM catalogue product page, # 12 Exhibit V -- Invacare Oxygen Catalog showing Home Fill Oxygen Filling System, # 13 Exhibit W -- Photographs of Merits' New Compressor System with two port oxygen concentrator provided by Merits' CEO, # 14 Exhibit X -- Enlarged Photograph of Merits' Adaptor Kit, # 15 Exhibit Y -- Webpage from http://www.medtrademarketsource.com) (Pejic, Nenad) Modified text on 4/14/2009 (B,B). (Entered: 04/13/2009) |
| 04/13/2009 | 21 | Reply to response to 3 Motion for preliminary injunction , 12 Motion for temporary restraining order filed by Invacare Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Supplemental Declaration of Gerold Goertzen in Support of Invacare's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (4/13/09), # 2 Exhibit A to Supplemental Declaration of Gerold Goertzen, # 3 Exhibit B to Supplemental Declaration of Gerold Goertzen, # 4 Affidavit of Gerold Goertzen in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (3/6/09), # 5 Declaration of Joseph S. Lewarski in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (3/6/09), # 6 Declaration of James S. Makiaris in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (3/6/09), # 7 Declaration of Joseph Lewarski in Support of Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, # 8 Exhibit B -- Summary of Safety and Effectiveness from 2005 510K Filing by Merits Health Products, # 9 Exhibit C -- Advertisement by Merits Health Products in 1/09 HME News, # 10 Exhibit J -- U.S. Patent No. 7,244,107, # 11 Exhibit K -- Preliminary Claim Construction Charts for U.S. Patent No. 5,988,165, # 12 Exhibit R -- CD-ROM catalogue product page, # 13 Exhibit U -- 3/26/09 email, # 14 Exhibit W -- Photographs of Merits' New Compressor System with two port oxygen concentrator provided by Merits' CEO)(Pejic, Nenad) Modified text on 4/14/2009 (B,B). (Entered: 04/13/2009) |
| 04/14/2009 | 22 | Attorney Appearance of James D. Liles filed by David C. Tryon on behalf of Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc., Merits Holding Company, Inc.. (Tryon, David) Modified text on 4/14/2009 (B,B). (Entered: 04/14/2009) |
| 04/16/2009 | Order [non-document]granting Motion for appearance pro hac vice by attorney Joseph A. Bruce for Merits Health Products Co., Ltd., Merits Health Products, Inc. and Merits Holding Company, Inc. (Related Doc # 18 )Judge Donald C. Nugent(R,JM) (Entered: 04/16/2009) | |
| 04/22/2009 | 23 | Minutes of proceedings before Judge Donald C. Nugent of telephonic Status Conference call held. Next telephonic Status Conference set for 4/14/2009 11:00 AM before Judge Donald C. Nugent. (Court Reporter: None.)Time: 45. (R,JM) (Entered: 04/22/2009) |
| 04/22/2009 | 24 | Minutes of proceedings before Judge Donald C. Nugent of Status Conference held. Plaintiff agreed to dismiss application for temporary restraining order and allow the case to proceed directly to a hearing on their motion for preliminary injunction. The hearing to be held on 5/20/2009 at 08:30 AM at Courtroom 15A before Judge Donald C. Nugent Time: 15 min. (R,JM) (Entered: 04/22/2009) |
| 05/01/2009 | 25 | Notice of Dismissal Under FRCP 41(a)(1) (i) Without Prejudice filed by Invacare Corporation. (Pejic, Nenad) Modified text on 5/4/2009 (B,B). (Entered: 05/01/2009) |
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