The University of Michigan’s lawsuit accused Leica of infringing the patent, which covers a significant advancement in fluorescence confocal microscopy. The patent specifically relates to using a single white light laser to measure fluorescence in molecules, a method the University of Michigan claims is critical to the field.
Counsel for both parties did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday.
The patent at issue is U.S. Patent No. 7,277,169.
The University of Michigan is represented by attorneys from Kramer Alberti Lim & Tonkovich LLP, while Leica is represented by lawyers from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.
The case is The Regents of the University of Michigan v. Leica Microsystems Inc., case number 3:19-cv-07470, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
