Conmed v. Johnson & Johnson

Conmed Corporation sued Johnson & Johnson on an anti-trust theory claiming that it could not sell its surgical instruments to hospitals that were being bullied into purchasing products from Johnson & Johnson.
Conmed accused Johnson & Johnson of illegally using its
monopoly as a maker of sutures to force hospitals to
buy its surgical products, resulting in higher prices
to consumers and the exclusion of competition.

Plaintiff further claimed that Johnson & Johnson's
improper business activities allowed it to unfairly
corner 60 percent of the $1 billion market for
endoscopy devices used by doctors in minimally
invasive surgery, which involves small incisions.

Conmed sought an injunction restraining Johnson & Johnson
from continuing its anticompetitive practices.

Johnson & Johnson denied wrongdoing.