Boston Scientific Wins Appeal in Patent Infringement Case Against Johnson & Johnson in the Netherlands
(October 13, 2005) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced today that a Dutch appeals court yesterday overturned a lower court ruling and reinstated an injunction against the manufacture, use or sale in the Netherlands of six Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) products that were found to infringe a Boston Scientific balloon catheter patent. The infringing products are the CYPHER® RAPTOR™, the CYPHER SELECT™, the Bx VELOCITY® RAPTOR™, the Bx SONIC&trde;, the U-Pass, and the AQUA T3™ and are manufactured by Johnson & Johnson