Solta Medical, Alma Lasers resolve Thermage patent lawsuits

Solta Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLTM), Alma Lasers Ltd. and Alma Lasers, Inc. today announced that they have reached an agreement resolving lawsuits involving certain Thermage® patents held by Solta Medical.

The lawsuit was originally filed on April 26, 2007 in the U.S. District Court in Delaware by Alma Lasers seeking a declaration that nine Thermage patents were invalid and not infringed.  Solta Medical filed counterclaims alleging that certain Alma systems for non-invasively treating skin infringed 11 of its patents, and sought damages and injunctive relief. The patents addressed in the lawsuit cover methods and devices for tightening skin and achieving other beneficial improvements in skin and tissue structures, all without damaging the skin surface. Alma subsequently filed counterclaims alleging that all 11 patents which were asserted were not infringed and were not valid.  

SOURCE Solta Medical