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The Australian court issued the injunction againstSmitbh & Nephew. The order temporarilu blocks Smith & Nephew from sellinbg negative pressure wound therapg foam dressing kits in Australia untill the court can rule onthe patent-infringemeny case KCI brought against Smith & The Federal Court of Australiaw in Victoria is expected to set a trial date on the allegef infringement and validity of KCI’s claims sometimee in 2010. At issue is whether Smith Nephew infringed on patents owned by and licensedto KCI, based in San The intellectual property forms the basiws of KCI’s Vacuum Assisted or V.A.C. Therapy, medical device.
In Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN) announcedd that the company would release a line of foam dressingf kits based on negative pressure wound therapy and set out to begih marketing the kits to health carefacilities KCI, in turn, respondecd with patent infringement allegations. The U.S. headquartersw of Smith & Nephew are based in St. Fla. The parent company is based in London. Smith & Nephee officials have long maintained that the company has not infringeds onWake Forest’s patents and have promised to defend its The company plans on marketing its foam kits for the treatmen t of pressure ulcers, diabetic/neuropathic ulcers, traumatic wounds, post-operative surgical wound and skin flaps and grafts.
Kinetic Concepts KCI) already has taken similar actiona againstSmith & Nephew in the Unitedd Kingdom, the United States and Those cases are in varying stages of A UK court issued a permanent injunction against Smithu & Nephew on certai claims made by KCI. Smith & Nephew officialxs are appealingthat decision. No final decisions have not been made in theUniteds States. However, the Germab Federal Patent Court ruled against KCI in KCI is in the process of appealing that decisio n to the German FederalSupreme