Carnegie Mellon University v. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO EXCLUDE THE TESTIMONY OF PLAINTIFFS’ EXPERTS; AND GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Plaintiffs Carnegie Mellon University and Three Rivers Biologicals, Inc. (collectively “Carnegie Mellon”) contend that defendants Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Roche Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc., Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, and the Perkin-Elmer Corporation (collectively “the Roche defendants”) and Chiron Corporation and Cetus Oncology Corporation (collectively “the Chiron defendants”) have infringed claims 1-6, 10-19 and 22-40 of U.S. Patent No. 4,767, 708 (“the ’708 Patent”) and claims 1- 2, 11-12, 14-15, 17-18, and 32-34 of U.S. Patent No. 5, 126,270 (“the ’270 Patent”). The ’708 Patent and the ’270 Patent are both entitled “Enzyme Amplification and Purification” and involve recombinant DNA technology. Both the Roche defendants and the Chiron defendants have moved for summary judgment on the issue of infringement of the ’708 Patent. Also before the Court are defendants’ motions to exclude the testimony and declarations of plaintiffs’…