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Litigation

Feb. 17, 2012

Life Technologies Corp. to pay $52 million

A Carlsbad-based biotechnology company must pay $52 million in damages for infringing patents on genetics analysis technology, a Western District of Wisconsin jury decided Wednesday.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Carlsbad-based biotechnology company must pay $52 million in damages for infringing patents on genetics analysis technology, a Western District of Wisconsin jury decided Wednesday.

Life Technologies Corp. may also have to pay additional damages because the jury concluded that the infringement of Wisconsin-based Promega Corp's patents was willful. The kits that use the technology help monitor diseases and determine the ge...

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