By Sherri Oslick --
Last week, Codon Devices Inc. and Blue Heron Biotechnology agreed to settle their pending lawsuit in which Codon alleged that a series of patents licensed to Codon were infringed through Blue Heron’s manufacture and use of its GeneMaker® gene synthesis platform. As reported here, the suit was filed on March 14, 2007 in the District Court of Delaware.
Under the terms of the settlement, Codon has granted Blue Heron a release with respect to past activity as well as a perpetual, fully-paid sublicense to continue to use error correction technology as currently employed in Blue Heron’s commercial gene synthesis activities. Additionally, Codon is to request that the Court dismiss the complaint with prejudice. No financial terms were disclosed.
For additional information regarding the settlement, please see:
• Blue Heron's press release
• "Blue Heron Denies Infringement," March 19, 2007
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