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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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Steven J. Nataupsky (State Bar No. 155,913) 

snataupsky@kmob.com 

Michael Friedland (State Bar No. 157,217) 

mfriedland@kmob.com 

Boris Zelkind (State Bar No. 214,014) 

boris.zelkind@kmob.com 

Ali S. Razai (State Bar No. 246,922) 

ali.razai@kmob.com

Ian Jaquette (State Bar No. 253,887) 

ian.jaquette@kmob.com 

6 KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP 

550 West C Street, Suite 1200 

7 San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: (619) 235-8550 

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Facsimile: (619) 235-0176 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant 

I-FLOW CORPORATION 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

I-FLOW CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation,

 Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant. 

 v. 

APEX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a 

California corporation, MARK 

MCGLOTHLIN, an Individual, 

 Defendants/Counter-Claimants. 

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Case No. 07-cv-1200 DMS (NLS) 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION FOR CONSENT 

JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT 

INJUNCTION 

Honorable Dana M. Sabraw 

I-FLOW CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation,

 Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant 

 v. 

ZONE MEDICAL LLC, a California limited 

liability company, 

 Defendant/Counter-Claimant. 

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The Court, having considered the parties’ Joint Motion for Consent Judgment and 

Permanent Injunction, and good cause appearing, hereby GRANTS the parties’ Joint Motion 

for Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction based on the Confidential Settlement 

Agreement (“Settlement Agreement) executed by and between the parties on June 10, 2010 

(“Effective Date”), which disposed of all claims in this Action. 

6 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDICATED, AND DECREED THAT: 

7 1. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action as well as personal 

8 jurisdiction over the parties. 

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2. Venue is proper in this judicial district. 

3. I-Flow is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 5,284,481 (the “’481 patent”). 

4. Claims 1, 2, and 15 of the ’481 patent are valid and enforceable. 

5. Defendants Apex Medical Technologies, Inc. (“Apex”) and Mark McGlothlin 

(“McGlothlin”) have manufactured, sold, and/or distributed the SolaceTM Post-Operative Pain 

Relief Infusion System (“Solace Pump”) both domestically and internationally. 

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6. Apex and Zone Medical, LLC (“Zone”) infringe Claims 1, 2, and 15 of the ’481 

16 patent by their manufacture, sale, and/or distribution of the Solace Pump. 

17 7. I-Flow owns one or more of the technical and business information contained in 

Exhibit 1, attached hereto.1 This technical and business information constitutes one or more 

trade secrets owned by I-Flow (“Trade Secret Technical and Business Information”). I-Flow 

has disclosed non-trade secret confidential business and technical information (“Confidential 

Information”) to Apex and McGlothlin in confidence. 

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8. The jury found that Apex and McGlothlin misappropriated I-Flow’s Trade 

Secret Technical and Business Information, engaged in activities constituting a breach of IFlow’s confidence with respect to the Confidential Information, and competed unfairly under 

California common law by their manufacture, sale, and/or distribution of the Solace Pump. 

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 A redacted version of Exhibit 1 is filed herewith. An unredacted copy has been 

submitted to the Court with a request to file under seal. 

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1 9. Pursuant to the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 283, Defendants, together with their 

officers, directors, agents, servants, employees and affiliates thereof, representatives and 

attorneys, and all persons acting or attempting to act in concert or participation with them, are 

permanently enjoined and restrained from making, using, offering to sell, selling, or 

distributing within the United States, its territories and possessions, or by importing into the 

United States, its territories and possessions, the Solace Pump or any other devices that are no 

more than colorably different therefrom and that are clearly infringements of the ’481 patent. 

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10. Pursuant to the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 

3426.2(a), Apex and McGlothlin, together with their officers, directors, agents, servants, 

employees and affiliates thereof, representatives and attorneys, and all persons acting or 

attempting to act in concert or participation with them, are permanently enjoined and restrained 

from any and all use of I-Flow’s Trade Secret Technical and Business Information. 

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11. Apex and McGlothlin, together with their officers, directors, agents, servants, 

employees and affiliates thereof, representatives and attorneys, and all persons acting or 

attempting to act in concert or participation with them are permanently enjoined from either 

directly or indirectly making or selling any pain pump that includes an elastomeric material that 

incorporates or reflects I-Flow’s Trade Secret Technical and Business Information, including 

elastomeric infusion pumps with an elastomeric bladder such as that used in the Solace Pump. 

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12. Apex and McGlothlin, together with their officers, directors, agents, servants, 

employees and affiliates thereof, representatives and attorneys, and all persons acting or 

attempting to act in concert or participation with them are permanently enjoined from 

disclosing, either directly or indirectly, I-Flow’s Trade Secret Technical and Business 

Information. 

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13. This injunction shall take effect as of the Effective Date. The prohibition of 

paragraph 9 shall remain in effect as long as the ’481 patent remains unexpired. The 

prohibitions of paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 shall remain in effect for a period of fifteen years 

from the Effective Date. 

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1 14. Defendants are permitted to sell their remaining units of the Solace Pump in 

their inventory, which have been completed up to and including the specification known as 

MAP 59029-X, Rev. C, through 6.8, and to complete the manufacturing of said units to 

include without limitation, all required sterilization, testing, and the addition of any appropriate 

tubing, accessories and packaging, and such manufacturing and sales will not be a violation of 

this Order provided that: 

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7 a. For ninety (90) days following May 14, 2010, Defendants sell no more than 

8 3000 units of the Solace Pump in the United States to end-users only; 

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b. For one hundred eighty (180) days following May 14, 2010, Defendants sell 

their remaining inventory of Accused Devices outside the United States 

through third party dealers and distributors; 

c. The total number of units sold pursuant to Paragraphs 14(a) and 14(b) do not 

exceed 6,000 exclusive of any sales from Apex to Zone if they would result 

in the double counting of any specific unit. The sell-off periods set forth in 

Paragraphs 14(a) and 14(b) are collectively referred to as the Sell-Off 

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17 d. Upon the conclusion of the Sell-Off Period, Defendants shall provide all 

remaining inventory of Accused Devices and components used only in the 

Solace Pump to I-Flow for destruction. 

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15. Final Judgment is hereby entered in favor of I-Flow on all causes of action. 

16. Each party will bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees for this action. 

17. No other or further relief is granted to any party. 

18. The parties advise that that they affirmatively waive any and all rights to appeal 

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19. This Court retains jurisdiction to monitor and enforce compliance with this 

Permanent Injunction. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 15, 2010 By: 

HONORABLE DANA M. SABRAW 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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061010

NORABLE DANA M SABRAW

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