Tag: Functionality
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Intellectual Property Expert Witness’ Testimony Excluded Because it Would Not Assist the Jury on the Issue of Functionality
Plaintiff, Southwestern Manufacturing, LLC alleged that it owned the “MULTI WEDGE” trademark in connection with a stylized wedge tool primarily used in the industrial and automotive industries (the “MULTI WEDGE Product”). Plaintiff alleged that it used the mark in commerce since May 2003 and received federal registration of the mark (the “MULTI WEDGE Mark”) on January 17,…
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Pain Management Expert Witness Found to Lack Expertise in the Drafting or Revision of CPT Codes
The Defendant, Laura Perryman, the founder and former CEO of Stimwave Technologies Incorporated and Stimwave LLC (together, “Stimwave”), was responsible for overseeing the design of the StimQ Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (“PNS”) System, a medical device (the “Device”) aimed at treating chronic pain by using electrical currents to target peripheral nerves, that is, the nerves outside…
