Potter Anderson Counsel in Obtaining $60 Million Judgment and Injunction in Patent Infringement Suit

Potter Anderson & Corroon partner Richard L. Horwitz and associate David E. Moore served as local counsel in a patent infringement suit brought by Becton Dickinson & Co. against Tyco Healthcare Group.  The case involved Tyco's sale of Magellan safety needles, which incorporated a mechanism designed to prevent accidental needle sticks to health care workers.  After a successful jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Chief Judge Gregory M. Sleet entered an order requiring Tyco to pay approximately $60 million in damages and prejudgment interest, and also entered an injunction with respect to the safety needles. The law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr represented Becton as lead counsel.