Illumina, Inc. v. Guardant Health, Inc. et al

  1. February 01, 2023

    Magistrate Judge Advises Cutting Illumina's Gene IP Theft Suit

    A Delaware magistrate judge recommended that a district judge toss all but one of gene sequencing company Illumina's trade secret theft claims alleging that Silicon Valley-based Guardant's founders created a rival cancer diagnostics startup with stolen intellectual property while still being employed by Illumina.

  2. May 26, 2022

    Startup Wants Illumina Trade Secret Suit Tossed

    Silicon Valley-based cancer diagnostics startup Guardant said that a Delaware federal judge should toss gene sequencing company Illumina's lawsuit alleging trade secret theft, saying Illumina was just trying to suppress competition and ruin a competitor's business.

  3. March 17, 2022

    Illumina Says Its Ex-Scientists Used Stolen IP To File Patents

    Gene sequencing company Illumina hit two former employees who founded the Silicon Valley-based cancer diagnostics startup Guardant with a trade secret theft lawsuit in Delaware federal court Thursday, accusing the workers of filing dozens of patents under their names using Illumina's stolen trade secrets.