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Fed. Circ. OKs ITC Ruling That Bio-Rad Infringed 10x Patents
Law360 (April 29, 2021, 4:47 PM EDT) 10x Genomics scored a victory in its patent battle with Bio-Rad when the Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld the U.S. International Trade Commission s finding that Bio-Rad infringed three patents covering microfluidic systems used in gene sequencing.
In a 35-page precedential opinion, a three-judge panel said the ITC correctly found that Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. infringed three 10x Genomics Inc. patents, and that those patents were not invalid as indefinite. The commission also did not err in rejecting Bio-Rad s arguments that it co-owned the patents under assignment provisions that two of the named inventors signed while they previously worked at Bio-Rad, but before.
Ford to Develop and Produce EV Batteries
The announcement comes after Ford got caught up in a trade secrets fight between its main battery supplier.
Apr 28th, 2021
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DETROIT (AP) Saying that it wants to control the key technology for electric vehicles, Ford plans to open a battery development center near Detroit by the end of next year.
The company said the 200,000-square-foot facility will have equipment to design, test and even do small-scale manufacturing of battery cells and packs. The $185 million lab also will develop electronic controls and other items as Ford moves more of the process in-house. Eventually the company wants to do large-scale manufacturing of its own batteries globally, a task now performed by supply companies.
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DETROIT Saying that it wants to control the key technology for electric vehicles, Ford plans to open a battery development center near Detroit by the end of next year.
The company said the 200,000-square-foot facility will have equipment to design, test and even do small-scale manufacturing of battery cells and packs. The $185 million lab also will develop electronic controls and other items as Ford moves more of the process in-house.
Eventually, the company wants to do large-scale manufacturing of its own batteries globally, a task now performed by supply companies.
Like many global automakers who have been stung by computer chip and other supply chain shortages, Ford wants to make sure it has enough batteries for what it says is an accelerating transition away from internal combustion engines.
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