XY, LLC v. Trans Ova Genetics, LC

  1. May 06, 2020

    Cow Breeding Co. Gets Royalty Tweak Years After IP Verdict

    A Colorado federal judge on Tuesday slashed the amount of royalties livestock sex selection company XY LLC gets going forward from rival Trans Ova Genetics years after it won a $6 million patent infringement verdict, ruling that because certain of the patents have expired, the reasonable royalty must be adjusted.

  2. February 07, 2020

    Biotech Co. Loses Contempt Bid In Bovine Breeding IP Suit

    A Colorado federal judge has slammed biotech company XY LLC's bid to hold a rival in contempt in a long-running patent dispute over livestock sex-selection technology, saying the company didn't properly engage with the other side first and the court has already "expended an extraordinary amount" of time and effort resolving the fight.

  3. November 10, 2016

    Halo Applies To Trans Ova IP Suit, Judge Rules

    A Colorado federal judge on Thursday agreed with biotech company XY LLC that a jury's finding of willful patent infringement by rival Trans Ova Genetics LC should be reinstated in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Halo ruling, but stood by his decision denying enhanced damages and attorneys' fees.

  4. August 29, 2016

    Trans Ova Says Halo Doesn't Reopen Sex-Selection IP Suit

    Cattle gene-selection company Trans Ova Genetics told a Colorado federal judge Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Halo decision doesn't warrant reinstating a previously overturned finding of willful patent infringement that would ratchet up its losses from a trial with rival XY Inc.

  5. July 19, 2016

    XY Urges Court To Consider Halo In Sex-Selection IP Case

    Biotech company XY Inc. said Tuesday told a Colorado federal court it has the authority to review a $6 million patent infringement award the company won over its livestock breeding sex selection technologies in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's Halo decision, even though its rival Trans Ova Genetics seeks to appeal.

  6. March 02, 2016

    Trans Ova Fights $6M Verdict In Sex-Selection IP Case

    Weeks after a jury found it owed $6 million for infringing patents covering sex-selection technology for livestock and violating a license agreement, Trans Ova Genetics urged a Colorado federal court Wednesday to undo the jury's holding that the infringement was willful, arguing in part that recent patent office decisions cast doubt on some patents asserted in the case.

  7. February 17, 2016

    Sex-Selection Patents Upheld In $6M Jury Verdict

    A Colorado jury has awarded $6 million to a biotech company that owns patents related to sex-selection technology for livestock, agreeing with the company that a licensee of its inventions infringed the patents by using its methods outside of their licensing agreement.