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IP attorneys alleges that one or more of their products “directly and indirectly infringe” patents that Teladoc took ownership of earlier this year through an acquisition of telemedicine startup InTouch in a deal announced in January.The letter pointed to Amwell’s digital scope and stethoscope, as well as several of its telemedicine carts — wheeled devices equipped with cameras and screens that telehealth providers use to connect remote clinicians with patients on-site.
In 2015, Teladoc petitioned the USPTO to invalidate several of American Well's patents. In retaliation, American Well sued Teladoc shortly before Teladoc's IPO, alleging that Teladoc's business model illegally copied one of its cornerstone patents. Teladoc asserted that both its business had pre-dated American Well's by a number of years and that American Well's patents were invalid as overly broad and obvious. The federal court in Boston agreed with Teladoc.