AbCellera Biologics Inc. v. Berkeley Lights, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC, et al., Case No. 20-CV-08624-LHK

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

STAY CASE PENDING INTER

v.

PARTES REVIEW

BERKELEY LIGHTS, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 103 Defendant. 17 Before the Court is Defendant Berkeley Lights, Inc.’s (“Defendant”) Motion to Stay Case Pending Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) filed on July 25, 2021. ECF No. 103 (“Mot.”). Defendant states that it has timely filed three petitions for IPRs with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office challenging nearly all the asserted claims of three patents-in-suit as invalid. Id. at 2. Plaintiff AbCellera Biologics Inc. (“Plaintiff”) opposed on August 5, 2021. ECF No. 114. Defendant filed a reply on August 12, 2021. ECF No. 118. Having considered the parties’ submissions, the relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion and STAYS the instant case until resolution of the IPRs. 26…