IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
Arthrex, Inc., ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:04-cv-328-FTM
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Dismissal _ Prejudice and Order
WHEREAS, Arthrex, Inc. (“Arthrex”) sued DePuy Mitek, Inc. (“Mitek”) for
infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,733,529 (“529 Patent”) and 6,974,477 (“‘477 Patent”) in this,
Court alleging, inter alia, that Mitek’s promotion and sale of certain products induced
infringement of the °529 and ‘477 Patents;
WHEREAS, Mitek counterclaimed seeking declarations of noninfringement, invalidity,
and unenforceability of the ‘529 and ‘477 Patents;
WHEREAS, the district court ruled, in granting summary judgment, that Mitek induced
inftingement of claim 1 of the ‘477 Patent;
WHEREAS, Arthrex and Mitek have settled this litigation and have agreed to an Order
of Injunction as set forth below;
WHEREAS, Arthrex and Mitek now consent to this Judgment and Order.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that:
1, Arthrex’s claims for patent inffingement are dismissed with prejudice;
aaa2 Mitek’s counterclaims are dismissed with prejudice subject to the “Mitek
Entities”! expressly reserving their rights to bring claims and defenses alleging that the Arthrex
Patents” are invalid, unenforceable, or noninfringed in response to a notice or charge of
infringement by any Arthrex Entity or in any future litigation between the parties where any of
the “Arthrex Entities" asserts a claim of patent infringement of any of the Arthrex Patents
against any of the Mitek Entities;
3. The Mitek Entities are hereby enjoined and estopped from making, having made,
‘using, or selling within the United States or importing into the United States any product, or
component(s) of a product, whose promotional or intended use in the United States is in a
method of loading a graft in the knee which includes a step of:
positioning a flexible strand in the knee such that the flexible strand extends through a
transverse hole in a femur, and into an opening in the femur through a first sidewall of the
opening, and out through an entrance of the opening facing a joint of the knee, and through a
tunnel in a tibia, and, after forming a loop outside of the tibial tunnel, extending back into the
tibial tunnel and into the opening through the entrance of the opening, and into the transverse
hole in an opposite sidewall of the opening,
| “Mitek Entities” means Mitek, Ethicon, Inc, and their predecessors and successors, as,
well as any related corporate entity that has made, used, sold, or offered for sale any SlingShot
Product and any related corporate entity that has imported into the United States any SlingShot
Product.
. “Axthrex Patents” shall mean any and all patents that claim priority to United States
Provisional Patent Application no. 60/037,610 including, but not limited to, all continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisions, renewals, reissues, reexaminations, and extensions.
: “Arthrex Entities” means Arthrex, Inc. and their predecessors and successors, as well as
all entities that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control, or are
controlled by, Arthrex, Inc.4, The Mitek Entities are also hereby enjoined from making, having made, using, or
selling within the United States or importing into the United States any products for cross-pin
ACL reconstruction under the trademark SlingShot;
5. This injunction terminates upon the earlier of the last to expire of the Arthrex
Patents or a finding of invalidity, unenforceability, or noninfringement of claim 5 of the ‘990
Patent, claims 1-3 of U.S. Patent No. 7,306,626, and claims 1-3 of the 477 Patent;
6. This Court shall retain jurisdiction of this action and over the parties for purposes
of enforcement of the provisions of this Judgment and Order;
7. Each party is to bear its own costs and attomeys' fees.
Arthrex, Inc. DePuy Mitek, Inc,
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Sacvaroce 0. Tpit Michael 3. Gonetia
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Counsel for Arthrex, Ino. ‘Counsel for DePuy Mitek, Inc.
3Lesfro Wd CH 29, 2010
Date Bate
pate March. 30, 2010 CAsalean Eduinado Moray we89
United States District Court Judge