ResMed Inc. (RMD) said Thursday that it has has filed parallel legal actions in the International Trade Commission and in U.S. federal court to stop the infringement of ResMed patents.
ResMed filed the actions against Taiwanese manufacturer APEX Medical and its U.S. distributor, Medical Depot, Inc., doing business as Drive Medical Design and Manufacturing, alleging that multiple ResMed patents are infringed by several APEX products, including the APEX WiZARD 210 and WiZARD 220 masks, the identical Freedom 210 and Freedom 220 masks made by APEX and sold by Medical Depot, the APEX iCH and XT Fit flow generators.
ResMed is asking the ITC to stop the importation and sales of those products in the United States, and it is asking the U.S. federal court to stop the infringement and award damages against the defendants.
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