Third Wave Technologies Inc., a maker of diagnostic tools used in DNA testing, on Thursday said a district court ruled in its favor in the company's patent infringement lawsuit against Stratagene Corp. The lawsuit, filed in September 2004, sought monetary damages and a permanent injunction preventing the sale of Stratagene's reagents under its "FullVelocity" product line. A jury in the U.S. District Court of Wisconsin will decide the damages. The two violated patents cover Third Wave's Invader product, the methods and chemistry of which are protected by some 45 patents. In a separate statement, La Jolla, Calif.-based Stratagene said it "believes that certain embodiments of its FullVelocity technology are not covered by Third Wave's patents" and can be sold in the research and diagnostic marketplaces. The company has sued Third Wave, charging that the company has violated Stratagene's five patents that cover the FullVelocity technology.

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