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Intellectual Property

Oct. 17, 2024

Penile implant inventor calls rival's request for retrial 'pointless'

Waymaker attorneys secured an $18.3 million victory for Dr. James Elist of Beverly Hills and his businesses on all 10 claims that a Houston urologist, Dr. Robert Cornell, and others associated with him, unlawfully claimed they invented Elist's implant concepts.

Counsel for a Beverly Hills doctor who prevailed in an $18.3 million trade secrets claims case regarding his design for a penile enhancement implant said a rival physician's request to reverse the verdict and retry the case was pointless because the jury was presented with substantial evidence that the property was confidential and stolen.

"Despite plaintiffs' decisive victory at trial, defendants now bring a renewed motion for judgment," Waymaker LLP partner Rya...

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