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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Genentech, Inc. et al. v. Amgen, Inc., Civil Action No. 17-1407-CFC, Consol. (D.Del. February 12, 2020), the Court denied Defendant’s motion for leave to amend its First Amended Answer, Affirmative Defenses and Counterclaims to add an affirmative defense and counterclaim that U.S. Patent…

By Order entered by Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark on January 31, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware added three Delaware attorneys to its Special Masters Panel in complex civil cases. The three Delaware attorneys added are Helena Rychlicki, Chad Stover and Gregory B. Williams (partner at Fox Rothschild LLP…

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc., Civil Action No. 19-662-CFC (D.Del. January 24, 2020), the Court adopted the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke recommending that Judge Connolly deny in part and grant part Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s complaint. Defendant…

By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Orexo AB et al. v. Actavis Elizabeth LLC et al., Civil Action No. 17-205-CFC (D.Del. December 11, 2019), the Court denied Plaintiffs’ Orexo AB and Orexo US, Inc. (collectively, “Orexo”) motion for a new trial, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(a),…

By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Boston Scientific Corp. et al. v. Nevro Corp., Civil Action No. 18-0644-CFC (D.Del. November 25, 2019), the Court granted Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss with respect to Plaintiffs’ claims for direct infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) in Counts I through VII and IX…

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in F’Real Foods, LLC v. Welbilt, Inc., Civil Action No. 19-1028-CFC (D.Del., October 31, 2019), the Court granted Defendant’s motion to stay the patent infringement action filed in the District of Delaware until the resolution of the parallel patent infringement filed by Plaintiff against…

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. et al. v. MediaTek Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 19-70-CFC (D.Del. August 29, 2019), the Court granted Defendants’ motion to stay the district court patent infringement action alleging that Defendants were infringing U.S. Patent Numbers 7,633,506 (“the ‘506…

By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 18-1615-CFC (D.Del. June 24, 2019), the Court granted Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment of Indefiniteness and declaring U.S. Patent Number 9,510,610 (“the ‘610 patent”) invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112. The ‘610…

By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Ultravision Technologies, LLC v. RMG Networks Holding Corp., Civil Action No. 18-1333-CFC (D.Del. May 6, 2019), the Court granted Defendant’s motion to transfer the patent infringement action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas pursuant to 28 U.S.C.…

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Colm J. Connolly in F’Real Foods, LLC et al. v. Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 16-41-CFC (D.Del. April 12, 2019), the Court denied Defendants’ motion to exclude the testimony of Plaintiffs’ damages expert, Dr. Michael P. Akemann, on lost profits and reasonable royalty.…