February 12, 2025
Clinical lab giant Labcorp has failed to land a new trial in front of U.S. District Judge Alan Albright after a $384.4 million patent infringement judgment against it in a case over a method for testing for genetic disorders during pregnancy.
May 15, 2023
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright has agreed to enhance biotechnology company Ravgen's $272 million jury award in its patent suit against rival Labcorp over a testing method for genetic disorders, adding $100 million to the jury verdict partly because the infringement occurred "for a long time."
December 22, 2022
Patent owners won relatively modest damages awards in their infringement battles in 2022, marking a departure from the massive verdicts and judgments handed down by juries and judges over the previous two years.
December 08, 2022
Delaware's top judge is set to hold another hearing next week in an investment company's fight against his controversial disclosure requirements, which could torpedo one of the firm's billion-dollar lawsuits against Intel. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
October 20, 2022
LabCorp has urged U.S. District Judge Alan Albright not to enhance a $272 million jury verdict against it in a biotechnology company's patent suit over a testing method for genetic disorders, saying the jurors' willful infringement finding doesn't warrant tripling the damages.
October 05, 2022
A small biotech business that won a $272 million verdict last month against LabCorp on Wednesday asked U.S. District Court Judge Alan Albright to triple the damages the jury awarded over its finding that LabCorp willfully infringed a patent covering a genetic disorder testing method, saying it deserves $817 million instead.
September 23, 2022
A federal jury in Waco, Texas, found on Friday afternoon that LabCorp, one of the largest chains of clinical lab providers in the world, owes more than $272 million to a small Maryland biotech business for willfully infringing a patent covering a method of testing for genetic disorders during pregnancy.
September 19, 2022
In a Waco, Texas, courtroom on Monday, a small Maryland biotech business claimed its founder revolutionized prenatal testing over 20 years ago, and LabCorp, one of the largest chains of clinical lab providers in the world, owes his company "a couple hundred million dollars" for infringing his patents.
September 15, 2022
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board next week will dive into a controversial legal effort to wipe out claims in a microchip patent tied to part of a $2.18 billion jury verdict against Intel that's being closely watched by the tech industry, lawmakers and the patent office's director. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.