UT Asks SCOTX To Reinstate $51M Royalty Win for Lyme Disease Detection Patent

The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System recently asked the Texas Supreme Court to reinstate damages totaling about $51 million it was awarded by a trial court in a royalty dispute over patented technology that detects Lyme disease and is used in veterinary products.

The board filed a petition for review with the state’s high court on Monday in an attempt to undo the Fourteenth Court of Appeals’ ruling that wiped out the award against IDEXX Laboratories. The parties entered a patent-license agreement that required royalties be paid to the board from the sale of certain veterinary-testing products.