Syntrix Biosystems Announces Court Upholds $115M Patent Infringement Judgement Against Illumina

Syntrix Biosystems is pleased to announce that a federal court in Tacoma, Washington, has upheld a judgment for $115 million and an eight-percent running royalty in a patent infringement case the company filed against Illumina, Inc., a San Diego-based biotechnology firm. This decision affirms the largest patent verdict in Washington state history and an award that will likely be one of the largest of its type in the nation this year. In an order filed on November 4th of this year, the Court denied Illumina's motions for judgment as a matter of law and a new trial, ruling that the underlying jury verdict was “the result of seven citizens' hard work” and that it