Isabel Davies on the cross-border implications of IP actions. Isabel Davies is a chairman of Eversheds' intellectual property group.
On 26 June, Mr Justice Pumfrey gave judgment in a patent action (Boston Scientific & anor v Julio C Palmaz & anor) in which Boston sought revocation and a declaration of non-infringement of two patents relating to stents – tiny tubular scaffolding used with balloon angioplasty in treating patients who have diseased arteries or veins. […]