UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 10, 2012

 

 

C. R. BARD, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

New Jersey   001-6926   22-1454160

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

730 Central Avenue

Murray Hill, New Jersey

  07974
(Address of Principal Executive Office)   (Zip Code)

(908) 277-8000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

C. R. Bard, Inc. today announced that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Court of Appeals”) affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in Bard’s patent infringement suit against W.L. Gore & Associates (“Gore”), which found, among other things, that Gore willfully infringed Bard’s patent number 6,436,135 by selling certain ePTFE vascular grafts and stent-grafts. Gore may request that the Court of Appeals re-hear its appeal and/or may request a review of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

C. R. BARD, INC.
(Registrant)
By:  

/s/ JEAN F. HOLLOWAY

Name:   Jean F. Holloway
Title:   Vice President, General Counsel and
  Secretary

February 10, 2012