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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VERINATA HEALTH, INC., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SEQUENOM, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 12-cv-00865-SI 

ORDER RE: STATUS OF BIOGEN 

CASE

On February 2, 2015, the Court denied cross-motions for summary judgment filed by 

Sequenom and CHUK, and sua sponte stayed the action pending the Federal Circuit’s resolution 

of the appeal from Biogen Idec MA, Inc. v. Japanese Found. for Cancer Research, No. CIV. 13-

13061-FDS, 2014 WL 2167677 (D. Mass. May 22, 2014), which found that the proper forum for 

§ 146 appeals from PTAB interference proceedings declared after September 16, 2012 is the 

Federal Circuit, not a district court. Docket No. 345. This Court found that if the Federal Circuit 

affirmed the Biogen ruling, it would likely deprive this Court of subject matter jurisdiction over 

this case. On May 7, 2015, the Federal Circuit affirmed, thereby depriving this Court of subject 

matter jurisdiction. Biogen MA, Inc. v. Japanese Found. for Cancer Research, 785 F.3d 648 (Fed. 

Cir. 2015).

On May 8, 2015, CHUK filed a letter requesting that the Court dismiss this action with 

prejudice. Docket No. 365. In a reply, Stanford urged the Court to postpone any action until the 

time for initiating en banc review had expired, and that in any event, dismissal was an improper 

remedy. Docket No. 357.

The Court hereby ORDERS the parties to file a joint statement no later than July 1, 2015

informing the Court as to the status of the Biogen case, and in particular, whether the time for 

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initiating en banc review has expired. In the event that the Federal Circuit will not rehear the case, 

the Court intends to transfer this action to the Federal Circuit. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 25, 2015

________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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