By Sherri Oslick --
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Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed
biotech and pharma cases, and a few interesting cases will be selected
for periodic monitoring.
Monsanto Co. et al. v. Schroeder et al.
2:09-cv-10460; filed February 6, 2009 in the Eastern District of Michigan
Infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,352,605 ("Chimeric Genes for Transforming Plant Cells Using Viral Promoters," issued October 4, 1994) and RE39,247 ("Glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate Synthases," issued August 22, 2006) based on defendants' use of soybean seed produced from earlier planted Roundup Ready® soybean seed. View the complaint here.
PerkinElmer, Inc. et al. v. Intema Ltd.
1:09-cv-10176; filed February 5, 2009 in the District Court of Massachusetts
Declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,573,103 ("Antenatal Screening for Down's Syndrome," issued June 3, 2003) based on Perkin Elmer's marketing of its Modified Sequential Screening protocol. View the complaint here.
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