The win of ST. JUDE MEDICAL, of summary judgment of non-infringment in Southern District of Florida was vacated by the CAFC.The CAFC noted its differences with the interpretation of the district court:In Atlas v. Medtronic, we today hold that the startingtime and duration of the cycle and of remote-transmissionintervals within each cycle must be communicated by thehub to the remotes before the time at which remotes maybegin transmitting. Here we hold, in agreement withAtlas, that the claim language at issue does not requirethat the cycle’s starting time and duration be communicatedto the remotes even earlier, i.e., before the communicationcycle begins. The district court’s contraryconclusion, adopting St. Jude’s argument, rests at bottomon the notion that, unless that information is sent beforethe start of the cycle, the remotes would not be awake toreceive the hub-sent information about the cycle. J.A. 8(“the remotes must know when to power up for the…
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