Life Tech’s IP-infringement Suit Against Illumina to Go to Trial in July 2011
November 17, 2009
Life Tech’s IP-infringement Suit Against Illumina to Go to Trial in July 2011
The legal quarrel started in September, when Life Technologies and co-plaintiffs sued Illumina and Solexa, claiming that Illumina’s Genome Analyzer infringes three DNA-amplification patents held by ABI. Last month, Illumina countersued, claiming that Life Tech's SOLiD system infringes four of its patents.
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