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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:0271 Patent Infringement

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18-CV-1518 JLS (JLB)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GENENTECH, INC., a Delaware 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, an Indiana 

corporation,

Defendant.

Case No.: 18-CV-1518 JLS (JLB)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO VOLUNTARILY

DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE

(ECF No. 73)

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Genentech, Inc.’s Motion to Voluntarily 

Dismiss With Prejudice (ECF No. 73). Defendant Eli Lilly and Company filed a response 

requesting the Court either name Defendant the prevailing party or, in the alternative, enter 

final judgment under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 54, 56, and 58. ECF No. 75. 

Plaintiff filed a reply and noted that it does not oppose the request to name Defendant the 

prevailing party, but that it does oppose Defendant’s request to enter judgment. ECF No. 

76. 

After reviewing the Motion and the Parties responses, the Court GRANTS

Plaintiff’s Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss (ECF No. 73) and DISMISSES WITH 

PREJUDICE this action in its entirety. Because the Court dismisses the case with 

prejudice, the Court DECLARES Defendant to be the prevailing party in this action. See 

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Raniere v. Microsoft Corp., 887 F.3d 1298, 1307 (Fed. Cir. 2018) (holding that a voluntary 

dismissal with prejudice under Rule 41(a)(2) is sufficient to establish prevailing party 

status on a defendant). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 16, 2020

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