Fluidigm Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Ionpath, Inc., a Delaware Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FLUIDIGM CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 19-05639 WHA

v.

IONPATH, INC., ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO

AMEND

Defendant.

15 INTRODUCTION A patent owner seeks leave to amend its complaint. Because the new allegations of intentional interference with contractual relations and post-suit willful patent infringement plausibly traverse defendant’s opposition, the motion, to the extent below, is GRANTED. STATEMENT A prior order dismissed several claims and detailed the facts of this case (Dkt. No. 46). The proposed second amended complaint alleges that Fluidigm Corporation and Fluidigm Canada Inc. (“patent owner”) and IONpath, Inc. (“defendant”) compete in the market for mass cytometry methods and systems which analyze the structures and biomarkers of cells. Relevant here, the parties’ methods involve labelling a tissue sample with antibody-metal tags, which the parties…