NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) announced today that its Super Resolution Technologies LLC subsidiary has entered into a settlement and patent license agreement with Leica Microsystems GmbH and Leica Microsystems Inc. The agreement resolves litigation that was pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. ABOUT […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Verinata Health Inc., (together “Illumina”) have filed a patent infringement suit against Premaitha Health plc in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in the United Kingdom. Illumina is seeking all available remedies, including damages and injunctive relief. The […]

NEW YORK, NY — Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) said today, acting upon advice of counsel, that it disagrees with the March 16, 2015 split 2-to-1 decision of the Court of Appeals sitting in panel for the Federal Circuit that reverses-in-part and vacates-in-part the judgment in Enzo’s favor that Applera Corp., now Life Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIFE), […]

BILLERICA, Mass.-RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement suit against 10X Genomics, Inc. (“10X”) of Pleasanton, California. The suit was filed in Federal District Court in Delaware. The patents asserted are U.S. patent numbers 7129091, 822148, 8273573, 8304193, 8329407, […]

Hamburg — Eppendorf AG (“Eppendorf”) has successfully enforced its Chinese patent ZL200710079795.X, covering its vortexing technology for mixers used in the Eppendorf MixMate®. Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court issued judgment Yi Zhong Min Chu Zi No. 871 on December 10, 2014, finding that the manufacturer Hangzhou Allsheng Instruments Co., Ltd. (“Allsheng”) and its distributor Beijing […]

Biolin Scientific today announces the acquisition of a key patent related to performing multi-hole, high-throughput ion channel screening. “We are pleased to strengthen our position as the leaders in high-throughput ion channel screening and this patent, along with Sophion Qube™, our new instrument platform for high-through put screening, will enable us to screen hundreds of […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) announced today the issuance of 14 new patents covering a wide range of the core technologies of BioTime and its subsidiaries Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AST), OrthoCyte Corporation, ES Cell International Pte Ltd, OncoCyte Corporation, and ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc. The new patents issued over Q3 and […]

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) announced today that its Super Resolution Technologies LLC subsidiary and Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC and Carl Zeiss Microscopy, GmbH have reached a resolution of their dispute over the Fluorescent Nanoscopy patents. The agreement resolves litigation that was pending in the United States District Court for the […]

Ann Arbor MI — 3D Biomatrix, Inc., a leader in the three-dimensional (3D) cell culture market, today announced the issuance of its U.S. Patent for technology included in the Perfecta3D Hanging Drop Plates, a novel platform that makes 3D spheroid, microtissue and embryoid body growth, along with an array of co-cultures, simple and inexpensive to […]

LUND, Sweden — The Board of Directors of Genovis has announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Promega Corporation (“Promega”) for patent infringement regarding one of Promega’s products. The lawsuit includes an injunction to prevent Promega from producing, using, selling or offering for sale the infringing product, as well as damages. The suit was […]