APPLERA CORPORATION v. ILLUMINA, INC.

Nos. 2009-1253, 2009-1260

APPLERA CORPORATION — APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS GROUP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLUMINA, INC., and STEPHEN C. MACEVICZ, Defendants-Appellees, and SOLEXA, INC., Defendant-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: March 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Reines, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, of Redwood Shores, California, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief was Sonal N. Mehta. Of counsel on the brief was Kurtis D. MacFerrin, Life Technologies Corporation, of Foster City, California.

Kevin M. Flowers, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for defendants-appellees and defendant-cross appellant. With him on the brief were Thomas I. Ross, Mark H. Izraelewicz, John R. Labbe, and Cullen N. Pendleton.

Before LOURIE, GAJARSA, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


This disposition is nonprecedential.

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Applera Corp. — Applied Biosystems Group (Applera) appeals the United States District Court for the Northern District of California's denial of its motions for judgment as a matter of law or, alternatively, for a new trial on ownership of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,740,341 (the '341 patent), 5,969,119 (the '119 patent), and 6,306,597 (the '597 patent). Applera also appeals the district court's order...

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