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ABS Global, Inc. v. Inguran, LLC

  1. July 07, 2020

    Bull Semen Co. Wants $5M In Fees From Antitrust Trial Win

    Wisconsin bull semen producer ABS Global Inc. asked a federal judge to award it $5 million in legal fees for winning an antitrust claim against a semen processor for monopolizing the U.S. market for sorting semen by sex, asking the judge to also slash millions in patent royalty damages.

  2. October 11, 2019

    Akin Gump's Local Focus Helped Land Bull Semen IP Win

    To convince a jury in the heart of dairy country to enforce patents on technology used to breed milk cows, Akin Gump attorneys used custom 3D graphics, testimony from inventors and an appeal to the sensibilities of their Midwestern jury to secure a verdict of $8.5 million plus ongoing royalties.

  3. September 11, 2019

    Bull Semen Sorting Co. Wins $8.5M From Rival In IP Trial

    A Wisconsin federal jury awarded a Texas bull semen company $8.5 million in damages on Wednesday after finding that a rival business had infringed its patents for breeding milk cows.

  4. January 29, 2019

    7th Circ. Orders New Trial In Bull Semen-Sorting IP Row

    The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday ordered a new trial after a Wisconsin federal jury ruled that a bull stud company infringed on a bovine semen sorting company's patents but also that the latter had a monopoly on the market, finding that the logic of the jury's infringement findings was "irreconcilable."

  5. September 27, 2018

    Bull Stud Co. Wins $5M Fees, Costs In Semen-Sorting Row

    A Wisconsin federal judge on Thursday awarded $5 million in attorneys' fees and costs to a bull stud company even though a jury found it infringed a bovine semen-sorting company's patents because the sorting company had engaged in anticompetitive practices, saying the stud company did an "impressive job" limiting its request to work related to its victory.

  6. September 06, 2016

    Bull Semen Sorting Row Needs New Trial, Supplier Says

    A bull stud company urged a Wisconsin federal court to reject a bovine semen sorting company's $2 million patent infringement and breach of contract win and to order a new trial on antitrust injuries, claiming a jury's recent verdict was the result of erroneous jury instructions.

  7. August 16, 2016

    Invalidity Of Bovine Sperm Patent Is Bull, Court Told

    Bovine genetics company Inguran LLC urged a Wisconsin federal court Tuesday to uphold a $2 million verdict that bull stud company ABS Global Inc. infringed patents for bull sperm-sorting methods, saying ABS failed to rebut evidence at trial that Inguran's patent claims are valid.

  8. August 15, 2016

    Bovine Sperm Monopoly Still Wins $2M Patent Verdict

    A Wisconsin federal jury found Monday that Inguran LLC held a monopoly in the sexed bull semen market through anti-competitive means, but awarded the bovine genetics company $2 million in damages against accuser ABS Global Inc. for patent infringement and breach of contract.