By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Pharmacyclics LLC et al. v. Alvogen Pine Brook LLC et al., Civil Action No. 19-0434-CFC-CJB (D.Del. August 19, 2021), the Court set forth its findings of fact and conclusions of law on the asserted infringement claims and invalidity defenses with respect to U.S.
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Chief Judge Stark Passes the Baton to a New Chief Judge in the District of Delaware
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Effective July 1, 2021, the Honorable Colm F. Connolly became Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Chief Judge Connolly assumed the role from the Honorable Leonard P. Stark, who served the District of Delaware well as Chief Judge since 2014.
Thank you Chief Judge Stark for your leadership,…
District of Delaware Grants Defendant’s Motion to Exclude Plaintiff Damages Expert’s Testimony in False Advertising Action under the Lanham Act
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc., Civil Action No. 19-662-CFC-CJB (D.Del. May 7, 2021), the Court granted Natera’s motion to exclude at trial the opinions of CareDx’s damages expert relating to “corrective advertising damages.” CareDx sought to offer the damages expert’s testimony at trial…
Judge Connolly Enters Standing Order Setting Forth New Summary Judgment Motion Practice in All Patent Cases Assigned to Him
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By Standing Order entered on April 30, 2021, the Honorable Colm F. Connolly, of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, rolled out the new summary judgment motion practice in all patent cases assigned to him. Essentially, Judge Connolly is now requiring parties to number the motions for summary judgment that they…
Judge Connolly Grants Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Indefiniteness in Patent Infringement Action
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in University of Massachusetts et al. v. L’Oréal USA, Inc., Civil Action No. 17-0868-CFC-SRF (D.Del. April 20, 2021), the Court granted Defendant L’Oréal’s motion for summary judgment of indefiniteness of the skin enhancement claim limitation of U.S. Patent Numbers 6,423,327 (“the ‘327 patent”) and…
Judge Connolly Denies Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff’s False Advertising Claims under the Lanham Act and Delaware Deceptive Trade Practices Act
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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in 10x Genomics, Inc. v. Celsee, Inc., Civil Action No. 19-862-CFC-SRF (D.Del. April 8, 2021), the Court denied Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff’s false advertising claims under the Lanham Act and the Delaware Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“DTPA”) after finding that genuine…
Judge Connolly Grants Hospira and Pfizer’s Motion to Stay Patent Infringement Action Pending Resolution of Related Action
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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly, in Amgen Inc. et al. v. Hospira, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 20-0561-CFC (D.Del. January 7, 2021), the Court granted in part the motion of Defendants Hospira, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc. to stay Civil Action No. 20-0561 until 14 days after resolution of…
Judge Connolly Grants in Part Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Patent Infringement Claims on Grounds of Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in ChromaDex, Inc. et al. v. Elysium Health, Inc., Civil Action No. 18-1434-CFC-JLH (D.Del. December 17, 2020), the Court granted in part and denied in part Defendant Elysium Health’s Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss Plaintiff ChromaDex’s patent infringement claims after finding that (1) ChromaDex…
Judge Connolly Grants Plaintiffs’ Request to Preclude Defendant from Maintaining Its Invalidity Defense Based on An Undisclosed Inventorship Theory
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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Pharmacyclics LLC et al. v. Cipla Limited, et al., Civil Action No. 18-192-CFC/CJB (D.Del. November 10, 2020) (Consolidated), the Court granted Plaintiffs’ request to preclude Defendant Sandoz from maintaining its theory that U.S. Patent No. 10,106,548 (“the ‘548 patent”) is invalid…
Judge Connolly Grants Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Patent Infringement Claims in Part and Denies in Part
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Dynamic Data Technologies, LLC v. Brightcove Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 19-1190-CFC (D.Del. July 20, 2020), the Court denied in part and granted in part Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s fifteen (15) count complaint for failure to state a claim under Federal…