Party

Cook Incorporated

Federal civil lawsuits naming Cook Incorporated.

In this index, 8,553 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Cook Incorporated, most often as a defendant (8,540 of 8,553). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Product Liability and Real Property matters, filed between 1991 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, S.D. Indiana.

8,553

Lawsuits

8,540

As Defendant

As Plaintiff

5,025

Open

3,528

Terminated

1991–2026

Span

2.5 yr

Median Duration

8,462 of these cases (99%) are Product Liability filings — large waves of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.

238 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 99%Activity declining

Cases by State

Open Cases Over Time

1991peak 6,386 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19912026

Product LiabilityReal PropertyPatentContractCivil Rights

Filings by Year

19912026

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Product Liability8,462

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Filtered Patent Clear

20 Cases — Newest First

LifePort Sciences LLC v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:13-cv-00362Filed 03/05/2013
LifePort Sciences LLC v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:13-cv-00128Filed 01/23/2013
LifePort Sciences LLC v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:12-cv-01789Filed 12/28/2012
Cook Incorporated v. Endologix, Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:09-cv-01248Filed 10/06/2009
Medical Instruments Development, Inc v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, E.D. New YorkNo. 2:09-cv-01409Filed 04/06/2009
Cook Incorporated v. Boston Scientific Corporation

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:03-cv-00751Filed 05/20/2003
Cook Incorporated v. Medtronic Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:02-cv-00501Filed 04/03/2002
C R Bard Inc v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:01-cv-00012Filed 01/04/2001
Cook Incorporated v. C R Bard Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:00-cv-01791Filed 11/17/2000
C R Bard Inc v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:00-cv-00974Filed 11/17/2000
Cook Incorporated v. Boston Scientific Inc !

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:99-cv-00361Filed 03/18/1999
Cook Incorporated v. Cordis Corporation !

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:99-cv-00364Filed 03/18/1999
Cook Incorporated v. Medtronic Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:97-cv-01843Filed 11/14/1997
Johnson & Johnson International v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:96-cv-00889Filed 06/24/1996
University of Texas Healthscienc v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:96-cv-00021Filed 01/05/1996
Johnson & Johnson Interventional v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:95-cv-01262Filed 09/22/1995
Cook Incorporated v. Johnson & Johnson Interventional

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:94-cv-01459Filed 09/30/1994
Johnson & Johnson v. Cook Incorporated

Patent Terminated District Court, D. New JerseyNo. 3:94-cv-04712Filed 09/22/1994
Cook Incorporated v. Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:92-cv-00688Filed 05/21/1992
Cook Incorporated v. Cordis Corporation

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaNo. 1:91-cv-01267Filed 11/12/1991