Monday, July 1, 2019

Illumina Sues Complete Genomics, Others Over Patent Infringement

San Diego-based Illumina said it has filed three more, patent infringement suits, related to its fight against BGI, this time in Switzerland, Turkey, and the US. According to Illumina, it filed suit against Complete Genomics, Inc. and other BGI entities in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,566,537 and 9,410,200; in Switzerland against Latvia MGI Tech SIA for infringing patents EP 1 530 578 B1 and EP 1 828 412 B1; and against Genoks Genetik Hastalıklar Tanı Merkezi in Turkey for infringing on EP 3 002 289 B1. Illumina has existing lawsuits in motion against BGi in Germany and Denmark.

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