By Pat Broderick
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - John A. Cottingham, chief legal officer and secretary of Life Technologies Corp. - a global "Home Depot for scientists" now operating in 160 countries - presides over a legal department of more than 100, at a company that to date holds about 3,900 patents and exclusive licenses.
Born of a merger between Invitrogen Corp. and Applied Biosystems Inc. in 2008, Life Technologies manufact... (continued)