CAMBRIDGE, England – biomodal, an omics-based life sciences technology and analytics company, today announced it has filed a lawsuit against Watchmaker Genomics (“Watchmaker”) in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The lawsuit seeks damages and a court order to stop Watchmaker from making, using, selling, or offering for sale their TAPS+ […]
SAN DIEGO — The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) today announced it will lift the export ban on Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), which had been in place since March 4, 2025. While the ban will be lifted on November 10, Illumina remains on the Unreliable Entities List (UEL), requiring government approval for instrument purchases. Illumina remains focused […]
SEATTLE — Parse Biosciences, a leading provider of accessible and scalable single cell sequencing solutions, today announced that the District Court for the District of Delaware has granted Parse’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Invalidity for Scale Biosciences’ 11,634,752 patent. The Court concluded that the claims of the ‘752 patent were invalid for lack of […]
Zeon Corporation Zeon Corporation (Zeon; head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tetsuya Toyoshima) is pleased to announce it has acquired patents for Deterministic Cell Separation*¹ (DCS) technology, previously owned by U.S.-based GPB Scientific, Inc., commonly referred to as Curate Bioscience. Leveraging DCS technology, Zeon will pursue new business opportunities in the cell therapy fields. […]
Stockholm, Sweden – Polymer Factory has been granted the SpheriCal patent in several European countries. The patent, valid for 20 years, is titled “Functionalized calibrants for spectrometry and chromatography” and was filed on May 29, 2018. The granted patent covers the following countries: United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, […]
Consent Judgment confirms Aobious infringed Promega patents covering luciferase substrate compounds Settlement includes permanent injunction against Aobious and monetary payments to Promega Promega reaffirms commitment to providing high-quality reagents to scientists through authorized distribution channels MADISON, Wis.–Promega Corporation and Aobious Inc. have entered into a settlement agreement to resolve a patent infringement lawsuit related to […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Synthego, a pioneering CRISPR Solutions provider, is pleased to announce that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld an earlier ruling invalidating patents held by Agilent Technologies, Inc. See the ruling here. In the original case, ruling dated May 17, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruled in […]
PLEASANTON, Calif. — 10x Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXG), a leader in single cell and spatial biology, today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Bruker Corporation, successfully resolving all outstanding worldwide patent litigation and disputes between the two companies. As part of the settlement, 10x expects that Bruker will pay $68 million in equal quarterly installments between […]
BILLERICA, Mass. — Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced that Bruker and 10x Genomics have reached a final settlement to resolve their patent disputes and dismiss multiple litigations, with global patent cross license agreements between the two companies. In connection with the settlement, all ongoing lawsuits and administrative proceedings filed by both companies in several countries, including […]
MENLO PARK, Calif. — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB) today announced that the Special Committee of its Board of Directors (the “Special Committee”) has concluded its independent investigation into previously disclosed allegations from an attorney representing an employee impacted by our recent reduction in force regarding certain employment practices and cybersecurity matters of the Company. The allegations […]
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