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Chief Judge Stark Denies Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Antitrust Action
By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in GN Netcom, Inc. v. Plantronics, Inc., Civil Action No. 12-1318-LPS (D.Del. September 29, 2017), the Court denied Defendant…
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Judge Andrews Substantially Denies Plaintiff’s Motion to Exclude Defendant Expert’s Opinions on Definition of Relevant Market in Antitrust Action
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Insight Equity d/b/a Vision-Ease Lens Worldwide v. Transitions Optical, Inc., Civil Action No. 10-635-RGA (D.Del. May 9, 2017),…
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The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet to Take Senior Status
On April 13, 2017, the United States Court for the District of Delaware announced that The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet will take senior status as of May 1, 2017. …
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Chief Judge Stark Grants Monetary and Other Sanctions against Defendant for Spoliation of ESI in Antitrust Action
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in GN Netcom, Inc. v. Plantronics, Inc., Civil Action No. 12-1318-LPS (D.Del., July 12, 2016) (redacted), the Court granted…
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Judge Robinson Denies Plaintiffs’ Class Certification and Dismisses Case in Class 8 Truck Transmission Antitrust Litigation
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Sue L. Robinson in In Re Class 8 Transmission Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation, Civil Action No. 11-00009-SLR (D.Del., October 21, 2015), the…
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Judge Robinson Denies Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Complaint
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Sue L. Robinson in Apotex, Inc., et al. v. Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., et al., Civil Action No. 12-196-SLR (D.Del., May 1,…
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Judge Stark Denies Facebook’s Motion to Dismiss Complaint Alleging Antitrust Violations
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Kickflip, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc., Civil Action No. 12-1369-LPS (D.Del., September 27, 2013), the Court denied defendant Facebook,…
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Judge Stark Grants Defendants’ Motion to Transfer Venue to Central District of California
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Human Genome Sciences, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 11-082-LPS (D.Del., July 18, 2011), the Court granted the motion of defendants, Genetech, Inc. and City of Hope, to transfer venue of three actions filed against them in the District of Delaware by plaintiff, Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (“HGS”), to the Central District of California. Id. at 1. The transferred actions involve claims asserted by HGS against defendants for declaratory judgment, antitrust and Lanham Act violations, and state tort claims based on two patents co-owned by defendants: U.S. Patent No. 6, 331,415 (the “Cabilly II patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 7,923,221 (the “Cabilly III patent”). Id.
A complete copy of the Memorandum Opinion is attached hereto.
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