A federal appeals court overturned a ruling last week between Hill-Rom and a competitor.
In April 2011, the Batesville-based company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Southern Indiana against Stryker for alleged infringement of three patents covering remote bed-monitoring systems.
The court ruled in favor of Stryker in 2011, claiming the term “datalink” used in Hill-Rom’s 1990’s patents meant “a cable connected to a bed that carries data.”
Hill-Rom argued the patent could also pertain to wireless technology.
A federal court reversed the decision last week in favor of Hill-Rom and the lawsuit could likely return to the Indiana court.
