Nuvasive, Inc. v. Alphatec Holdings, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NUVASIVE, INC., Case No.: 3:18-CV-347-CAB-MDD

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. [Doc. Nos. 303, 304] ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC. et al., Defendants. 16 17 Before the Court are the parties’ motions for summary judgment of certain claims and defenses relating to United States Patent Nos. 8,361,156 and 8,187,334. Plaintiff NuVasive moves for judgment: (1) that Defendants Alphatec Holdings, Inc. and Alphatec Spine, Inc.’s (jointly, “Alphatec”) accused devices – the Battalion Lateral Spacers, the Transcend LIF PEEK Spacer, and the Titec Coated LLIF Implants – infringe the asserted claims of the ‘156 patent and the ‘334 patent; (2) that these two patents are entitled to the priority filing date of March 29, 2004 of a related U.S. provisional patent application, No. 60/557,536: and (3) for dismissal of Alphatec’s invalidity defense of indefiniteness. [Doc. No. 303.] Alphatec argues that the motions should…