Enzo expects that today’s decision will have a positive impact on the resolution of pending actions that Enzo brought in the U.S. Southern District Court in New York City, which involve additional defendants, patents and contract issues. Defendants in those suits include Amersham PLC, Amersham Biosciences, Roche Diagnostics, PerkinElmer, Inc., PerkinElmer Life Sciences, Inc, Molecular Probes, Inc.(now owned by Life Technologies), Orchid Cellmark, Inc. (now owned by Laboratory Corporation of America) and Affymetrix, Inc.
“We are obviously very gratified and pleased with the jury’s decision,” said Elazar Rabbani, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of Enzo. “The technologies subject to the litigation helped pave the way for major developments in important areas in biological science and medicine. The case has taken eight years, but we have finally prevailed. It is a vindication of the investments we have made in developing and protecting our intellectual property.”
The trial resulted from a lawsuit initially filed by Enzo in June 2004, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Applera Corporation and its subsidiary Tropix Inc. charging them not only with patent infringement, but also with providing others with unauthorized and prohibited access to the patented products and technologies.
The inventions described in the patents cover compositions and methods for detecting and reading genetic materials. The applications for these inventions are diverse, ranging from detecting pathogens and human diseases, such as cancer, to decoding and analyzing the human genome.
About Enzo Biochem
Enzo Biochem is a pioneer in molecular diagnostics, leading the convergence of clinical laboratories, life sciences and therapeutics through the development of unique diagnostic platform technologies that provide numerous advantages over previous standards. A global company, Enzo Biochem utilizes cross-functional teams to develop and deploy products systems and services that meet the ever-changing and rapidly growing needs of health care both today and into the future. Underpinning Enzo Biochem’s products and technologies is a broad and deep intellectual property portfolio, with patent coverage across a number of key enabling technologies.
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