PROMEGA CORP. v. LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

2013-1011, 2013-1029, 2013-1376.

875 F.3d 651 (2017)

PROMEGA CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Wissenschaften E.V., Plaintiff v. LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Invitrogen IP Holdings, Inc., Applied Biosystems, LLC, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: November 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SETH P. WAXMAN , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-cross-appellant. Also represented by KEVIN LAMB , THOMAS SAUNDERS ; MARK CHRISTOPHER FLEMING , ERIC FLETCHER , JANINE MARIE LOPEZ , Boston, MA; PROSHANTO MUKHERJI , Fish & Richardson, PC, Boston, MA; SUSAN REBECCA PODOLSKY , Law Offices of Susan R. Podolsky, Alexandria, VA.

EDWARD R. REINES , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for defendants-appellants. Also represented by MARION McLANE READ , DEREK C. WALTER ; CARTER GLASGOW PHILLIPS , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC.

DARYL JOSEFFER , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae The Internet Association. Also represented by PAUL ALESSIO MEZZINA ; ADAM M. CONRAD , North Carolina Business Court, Charlotte, NC.

PETER J. BRANN , Brann & Isaacson, Lewiston, ME, for amici curiae Newegg, Inc., Acushnet Company, Limelight Networks, Inc., QVC, Inc., SAS Institute, Inc. Also represented by STACY O. STITHAM , DAVID SWETNAM-BURLAND .

Before Prost, Mayer, and Chen, Circuit Judges.


This case returns to us on remand from the Supreme Court. See Life Techs. Corp. v. Promega Corp., ___ U.S. ___, 137 S.Ct. 734, 741, 197 L.Ed.2d 33 (2017) (Promega II). Defendants-Appellants (collectively, Life) sought review of our decision in Promega Corp. v. Life Technologies...

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