Mar 15 2010
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announces that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Shimadzu Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc., resolving a lawsuit filed by Caliper in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that claimed that Shimadzu's MultiNA microchip-based electrophoresis system infringed several U.S. patents relating to Caliper's microfluidic LabChip® technology. Shimadzu denies infringement, but has discontinued sales of the MultiNA system in the United States. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
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Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.