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): January 14, 2013

 

 

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:

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

C. R. Bard, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Supreme Court denied Gore’s petition for a writ of certiorari in Bard’s patent infringement suit against W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Bard has filed a motion to compel payment with the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (the “District Court”) other than with respect to the amounts related to willfulness as previously disclosed, which was remanded to the District Court for review. The timing of final resolution of these matters remains uncertain.


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/ Christopher S. Holland

Name:   Christopher S. Holland
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

January 14, 2013