AbCellera Biologics Inc. v. Berkeley Lights, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC, et al., Case No. 20-cv-08624-JST
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S
v. MOTION TO DISMISS
CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT
BRUKER CELLULAR ANALYSIS, INC. Re: ECF No. 182 Defendants.
12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Bruker Cellular Analysis, Inc.’s (“Defendant”) motion to dismiss Counts I through XV of Plaintiffs AbCellera Biologics, Inc. (“AbCellera”) and the University of British Columbia’s (“UBC”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) Amended and Consolidated Complaint (“Consolidated Complaint”). ECF No. 182, (“Mot.”). The Court will grant the motion. I. BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY The procedural history of this case is summarized in greater detail in the Court’s prior order. See ECF No. 191. AbCellera is a biotechnology company that discovers antibodies for the prevention and treatment of disease. ECF No. 164 ¶ 18. Together with UBC, AbCellera patented the use of microfluidic devices for high-throughput…