Body Science LLC v. St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Filing 11

Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV: ORDER entered. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON STAY OF PROCEEDINGS. Associated Cases: 1:13-cv-10025-FDS.(Cicolini, Pietro)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
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IN RE: BODY SCIENCE LLC
PATENT LITIGATION

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MDL No. 1:12-md-2375-FDS

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON STAY OF PROCEEDINGS
SAYLOR, D.J.
This is a patent dispute involving medical monitoring devices. Plaintiff has brought suit
against multiple defendants for patent infringement; all actions have been consolidated for
pretrial purposes pursuant to an order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. On
November 2, 2012, this Court granted defendant Philips’s motion to stay the suit pending
reexamination of the patents-in-suit by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. On
December 19, 2012, the Court ordered that the stay be applicable to all consolidated cases,
subject to subsequent motions to modify or vacate for good cause shown. Since that time, the
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has transferred a new action, Body Science LLC v. St.
Jude Medical, Inc., to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. For the reasons set forth in the
Court’s order of November 2, and in accordance with the Court’s order of December 19, the
Court orders that the stay is likewise applicable in civil case 1:13-CV-10025, Body Science LLC
v. St. Jude Medical, Inc.
So Ordered.
/s/ F. Dennis Saylor
F. Dennis Saylor IV
United States District Judge
Dated: January 11, 2013