Genetic Technologies Limited v. Merial L.L.C.

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:12-cv-00396

Court:

Delaware

Nature of Suit:

Patent

Judge:

Leonard P. Stark

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  1. October 30, 2014

    BMS, Sanofi Get Gene Patent Partially Invalidated In IP Suit

    A Delaware federal judge invalidated part of a DNA technology patent Genetic Technologies Ltd. accused Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and a Sanofi-Aventis SA unit of infringing because it merely described a natural law, dooming the claim under the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Mayo v. Prometheus decision.

  2. May 02, 2012

    Prometheus Dooms DNA Analysis Patent, Merial Claims

    A patent held by Genetic Technologies Ltd. on a method of using DNA in genetic analysis should be invalidated in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Prometheus ruling, Sanofi-Aventis SA's animal health unit Merial Ltd. said in a re-examination request filed Monday.

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