December 03, 2013
Irell & Manella LLP attorneys took aggressive steps to strike down a patent covering a prenatal DNA test licensed by Sequenom Inc. by citing a host of case law holding that natural phenomena and their discoveries cannot be patented to net a win for molecular diagnostics firm Ariosa Diagnostics Inc.
October 31, 2013
A California federal judge on Wednesday struck down a patent covering a prenatal DNA test licensed to Sequenom Inc., relying on a slew of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court holding that naturally occurring phenomena are not patentable, giving a win to accused infringer Ariosa Diagnostics Inc.
July 06, 2012
A federal judge on Thursday allowed Ariosa Diagnostics Inc. to continue selling its noninvasive prenatal Harmony test, dismissing competitor Sequenom Inc.'s motion for a preliminary injunction claiming the product infringes on its patent for a competing test.