Nanosys Seeks Dismissal of Patent Allegations Brought by University of Arkansas

Nanosys moved for dismissal of a complaint accusing it of producing quantum-dot materials in California using processes that infringe U.S. patent 7,105,051, said a brief (in Pacer) in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware. The University of Arkansas owns the 13-year-old paten, but gave QD technology developer NNCrystal an exclusive license to the invention, including the right to sue for infringement (see 1909140001). The school and NNCrystal gave no “plausible factual basis to support their infringement allegations,” said Nanosys Monday. Their “willful infringement” allegations also were “inadequately pled” because they gave “no specific facts to support their contentions,” it said. “Their willful infringement allegation amounts to a single sentence reciting the legal conclusion of willfulness.” The plaintiffs’ lawyers didn’t comment Tuesday.