APPLERA CORP. v. MJ RESEARCH INC.

No. 3:98CV1201(JBA).

372 F.Supp.2d 221 (2005)

APPLERA CORPORATION and Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., plaintiffs, v. MJ RESEARCH INC. and Michael and John Finney, defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

March 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aimee Jennifer Wood, James T. Shearin, Pullman & Comley, Bridgeport, CT, Asim Varma, David Gersch, Jean C. Kalicki, Michael J. Klyce, Jr., Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, James Sicilian, Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, CT, Jennifer Gordon, John Josef Molenda, Patrick J. Hoeffner, Robert A. Cote, Sharon Yang, Rita Lynn Berardino, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, David J. Lender, Gianluca Morello, David Greenbaum, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, Edward R. Reines, Paul Ehrlich, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Redwood Shores, CA, for plaintiffs.

Albert L. Jacobs, Jr., Gerard F. Diebner, Joseph M. Manak, Greenberg Traurig, New York City, C. Allen Foster, David S. Panzer, Kevin E. Stern, Timothy C. Bass, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, DC, Christine Cora True-Frost, David A. Hoffman, John E. Beerbower, Latisha Thompson, Radu A. Lelutiu, Rudolf Koch, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Daniel A. Ladow, Graham & James, New York City, Donna Nelson Heller, Harold Bolton Finn, III, Meghan A. Laganza, Patrick J. McHugh, Finn Dixon & Herling, Stamford, CT, Joseph B. Darby, III, Greenberg & Traurig, Boston, MA, for defendants.


OPINION ON INEQUITABLE CONDUCT

ARTERTON, District Judge.

As a counterclaim and an affirmative defense to plaintiffs' (collectively, "Applera") claims of infringement,1 defendants MJ Research, Inc., Michael Finney and John Finney (collectively, "MJ") alleged that plaintiffs' patents were unenforceable because Applera engaged in inequitable conduct during the prosecution of the '675, '493, and '610 patents. MJ moved for summary...

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