December 22, 2022
Patent owners won relatively modest damages awards in their infringement battles in 2022, marking a departure from the massive verdicts and judgments handed down by juries and judges over the previous two years.
July 14, 2022
After a Delaware federal jury determined Illumina willfully infringed DNA sequencing patents held by Complete Genomics Inc. and owes $334 million — a figure that could be tripled — CGI's Chinese parent MGI said Thursday its rival agreed to pay $325 million to resolve the parties' fights in California and the First State.
June 03, 2022
Illumina urged a Delaware federal judge Friday to overturn a verdict last month finding that the biotechnology company willfully infringed two Complete Genomics Inc. DNA sequencing patents and owes $334 million in damages, saying the evidence doesn't back the jury's liability finding and the size of the damage award is "indefensible."
May 06, 2022
A Delaware federal jury decided Friday that Illumina willfully infringed two Complete Genomics Inc. DNA sequencing patents and should pay $334 million in damages, while also invalidating three Illumina patents that CGI was accused of infringing in counterclaims.
April 21, 2022
The Sixth Circuit will consider next week whether certain information on broccoli seeds can fall under trade secrets law when it hears the appeal of a dietary supplements brand that was ordered to pay a seed company more than $9 million after recruiting the outfit's research director. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.