Stryker Corporation, Stryker Puerto Rico, Ltd., Stryker Sales Corporation v. Zimmer, Inc., Zimmer Surgical, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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STRYKER CORPORATION, STRYKER PUERTO
RICO, LTD., STRYKER SALES CORPORATION,
Plaintiffs-Appellees
v.
ZIMMER, INC., ZIMMER SURGICAL, INC.,
Defendants-Appellants
ZIMMER ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PRODUCTS,
Defendant
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2013-1668
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Western District of Michigan in No. 10-CV-1223, Judge
Robert J. Jonker.
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ON PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING
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Before P ROST , Chief Judge, N EWMAN and H UGHES , Circuit
Judges.
P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
A petition for rehearing en banc was filed by appellees
Stryker Corporation, Stryker Sales Corporation and

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STRYKER CORPORATION v. ZIMMER, INC. 2
Stryker Puerto Rico, Ltd. and a response thereto was
invited by the court and filed by appellant Zimmer Surgi-
cal, Inc. and Zimmer, Inc. This was followed by Stryker
Corporation, Stryker Sales Corporation and Stryker
Puerto Rico, Ltd.’s Motion for Leave to File a Reply in
Support of its Petition for Rehearing. The motion was
granted. The petition, response, and reply were referred
to the panel that heard the appeal.
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) Appellees’ petition is granted by the panel for the
limited purpose of clarifying the discussion of the stand-
ard of review of the objective reckless prong of willful
infringement.
(2) The previous opinion in this appeal issued Decem-
ber 19, 2014 and reported at Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer,
Inc., 774 F.3d 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2014) is withdrawn and
replaced with the revised opinion accompanying this
order.
F OR THE COURT
March 23, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Date Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court

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