Invacare is seeking injunctive relief and suing Drive Medical for alleged patent infringement related to it’s bed products as well as it’s rollator.
Invacare had previously announced in one of it’s presentations that it would be focussing more on protecting it’s intellectual property and this action may well partially stem from this.
As more and more companies (like Invacare, Drive and others) seek to compete in the highly cost competitive “national competitive bidding” environment, and in addition increasingly source product from China and other Asian countries there are bound to be more disputes of this nature.
