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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Power Integrations, Inc. v. CogniPower LLC, Civil Action No. 20-15-CFC (D.Del. July 1, 2020), the Court granted Defendant’s motion to dismiss counts 3, 4, and 5 of the Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) after finding that Plaintiff failed to…

In the Report and Recommendation entered in Helios Streaming, LLC et al. v. Vudu, Inc., Civil Action No. 19-1792-CFC-SRF (D.Del. May 11, 2020), the Honorable Sherry R. Fallon recommends the Court grant defendant Vudu’s partial motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims of induced infringement asserted in Count I, Counts II through V, and Count VII…

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Sound View Innovations, LLC v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., Civil Action No. 19-659-CFC (D.Del. April 3, 2020) (consolidated), the Court denied the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss filed by Defendants in three actions. Defendants argued in support of their…

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…