Litigation involving US Patent 5445934

5445934

Cases

Active

2 closed

Filed

1998

Top venue

N.D. California

1 case

Affymetrix, Inc. v. Synteni, Inc. et al.

settled

Docket:: C 99-21164 JF; C 99-21165 JF
Court:: United States District Court for the District of Delaware, transferred to United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Filed:: 1998-01-06
Terminated:: 2001-12-21

Patents:5445934 5744305 5800992

π Affymetrix, Inc.Δ Synteni, Inc.Δ Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Affymetrix alleged willful infringement of the '934 patent based on Synteni/Incyte's high-density GEM arrays, seeking injunctive relief, damages, treble damages, costs, and attorney fees. The case was transferred to the Northern District of California and later encompassed related array patents. The parties settled on December 21, 2001, with non-exclusive, royalty-bearing cross-licenses and a net cash payment to Incyte.

Incyte Genomics, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc.

settled

Docket:: C 01-20065 JF
Court:: United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Terminated:: 2001-12-21

Patents:5445934

π Incyte Genomics, Inc.Δ Affymetrix, Inc.

Incyte-initiated declaratory-judgment action relating to the Affymetrix patent litigation, resolved as part of the same December 21, 2001 global settlement as the Affymetrix v. Synteni/Incyte cases.