SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) announced today that The Federal Court of Australia, Victoria District Registry, issued a temporary injunction prohibiting Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN) from selling foam dressing kits for negative pressure wound therapy in Australia until the court can rule on the patent infringement action brought against Smith & Nephew by KCI. Smith & Nephew is allowed to provide trial samples in limited circumstances during the interim. A UK court already has issued an injunction against Smith & Nephew, and courts in the U.S. and Germany plan to consider the grant of an injunction. A trial date on the infringement and validity of the patent is expected to be set in the Australian courts for 2010.
