Medtronic, Roche, Hadassah, AOL, Google: Intellectual Property - BusinessWeek

Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Medtronic Inc. won a $101.2 million jury award Sept. 20 in a patent-infringement trial against NuVasive Inc. over claims related to medical devices used in spinal surgery. The federal jury in San Diego also held Medtronic liable for $660,000 in damages to NuVasive for infringing one of its patents. Warsaw Orthopedic Inc., a unit of Minneapolis-based Medtronic, had accused San Diego-based NuVasive of...