What will be the impact from the Conformis lawsuit?

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anonymous

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Are Conformis's allegations legitimate or baseless? Maybe it would be cheaper to buy them out than get embroiled in a lengthy, embarrassing and potentially costly lawsuit.
 






Yes. Both costly and embarrassing. I don't see London pulling the trigger on an acquisition though. Ortho/trauma has done nothing the last 5 years. Why would corp. want to invest there? That hasn't been the mode for the last 5 years.

I hope Conformis takes us out behind the shed and beats our ass.
 






anonymous said:
Yes. Both costly and embarrassing. I don't see London pulling the trigger on an acquisition though. Ortho/trauma has done nothing the last 5 years. Why would corp. want to invest there? That hasn't been the mode for the last 5 years.

I hope Conformis takes us out behind the shed and beats our ass.
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How is this embarrassing? ConforMis is losing to visionaire so bad they are suing desperately for 8 patent violations that are laughable, and mostly hoping for a win by saying SN tainted the market by mis promoting visionaire as custom knees even though they are off the shelf. Conformis needs to worry about a revision system before they start putting knees in people. I have seen more knees getting put in from small companies out of India then conformis knees. Good luck to any patient who doesn't have options during their case.
 


















It will be embarrassing when ConforMis shows that Visionarie has been infringing on their patents for 6+ years and they are entitled to a 15% royalty on all knee sales associated with Visionarie over that time period. It will be embarrassing when it comes out that S&N converted doc's that already used S&N knees to Visionarie customers and in the process put even more revenue at risk.
 






anonymous said:
It will be embarrassing when ConforMis shows that Visionarie has been infringing on their patents for 6+ years and they are entitled to a 15% royalty on all knee sales associated with Visionarie over that time period. It will be embarrassing when it comes out that S&N converted doc's that already used S&N knees to Visionarie customers and in the process put even more revenue at risk.
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This is not new. We tried to negotiate our way out of this conflict about 5 years ago, realized we were screwed, and walked away knowing this would come back to haunt us. They asked for $60M last time, no telling how big a check we'll have to write now.
 












with the influx of cheap implants coming from India, and Asia and Paxeon and Orthopedic Development bout of Utah amongst others this is going to be a non issue because no one will pay up charge on these. Insurances are denying MRI more and more
 






No one will pay a premium for your crappy blocks, but an implant that fits...now that's a different story. Many surgeons are hooked on Visionaire, and it would hurt business with them. Ox is being questioned now in the journals, and the only difference maker is J2. Good luck, but this is a bigger issue than you might want to admit to in the end.
 






5 years ago S&N offered to license Ox technology to Conformis in exchange for a license from Conformis on doing patient matched, Conformis turned it down and then elected to sue. Both of those are looking to be excellent decisions.
 






"5 years ago S&N offered to license Ox technology to Conformis in exchange for a license from Conformis on doing patient matched"

Not true. If anyone wants to know what SN thinks of ConforMIS's patents, check the IPRs filed in the USPTO. The patents will most likely be declared invalid.
 
























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