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Intellectual Property

Mar. 27, 2010

Court Upholds Jury Verdicts

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld verdicts that Cupertino-based attorney did not violate an employee invention agreement when he assigned a patent while working at Applied Biosystems Group to a subsequent employer.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld San Francisco jury verdicts that ended in a draw between two California life sciences companies over DNA sequencing technology patents.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld verdicts in 2009 supported by U.S. District Judge William Alsup that Cupertino-based attorney Stephen Macevicz did not violate an employee invention ...

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