Litigation
Align Technology, Inc. v. Ormco Corp. et al.
settled/injunction; claims later invalidated on appealSA CV 03-16-GLT
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- Filed
- 2003-01-06
- Terminated
- 2006-02-01
Patents at issue (6)
Plaintiffs (1)
Defendants (2)
Summary
Ormco sued Align on Ormco's U.S. patents 5,447,432, 5,683,243, 6,244,861, and later 6,616,444; Align counterclaimed asserting U.S. 6,398,548 and 6,554,611 against Ormco/AOA. The district court found infringement, held some '548 claims invalid, upheld claims 10 and 17, and entered a permanent injunction; the parties settled Feb. 1, 2006, but appeals ended with all asserted '548 claims invalid and escrow returned.
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