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Spinal Device Co. Wins Ban Against Rival, But Must Pay Bond
Law360 (March 15, 2021, 10:04 PM EDT) -- An Illinois federal judge on Monday granted Life Spine Inc.'s bid for a preliminary injunction against a former distributor's competing spinal implant device as the companies fight over whether the ex-distributor ripped off Life Spine's best-selling product, but also ordered Life Spine to put up a $6 million bond.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Young B. Kim issued the preliminary injunction following a nine-day hearing last November, barring Aegis Spine Inc. from continuing to sell its AccelFix-XT line of spinal cages, which are marketed to surgeons and hospitals for patients suffering from degenerative disc disease and directly compete with a similar cage Life...