Illumina Files Patent Infringement Suit Against BGI in Denmark
May 15 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that it has filed
another patent infringement suit against one of BGI Group’s
subsidiaries, BGI Europe A/S. Illumina filed suit in the Maritime
& Commercial High Court of Denmark.
“As we have previously stated, Illumina will continue to
vigorously protect our patented technology and file patent suits
where appropriate when our patents are infringed,” said Charles
Dadswell, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for
Illumina.
The complaint alleges that BGI’s sequencing products, including
the BGISeq-500, MGISeq-2000, and related chemistry reagents,
infringe EP 3 002 289 B1. This patent covers Illumina’s proprietary
sequencing-by-synthesis chemistry. The complaint also alleges that
BGI’s use of the MGISEQ mark infringes Illumina’s registered EU
Trademark No. 8972127 for the MISEQ name.
Earlier this year, Illumina filed a patent infringement suit
against BGI Group’s subsidiary, Latvia MGI Tech SIA, in the
Düsseldorf Regional Court in Germany. That complaint alleges
that BGI’s sequencing products, including the BGISeq-500,
MGISeq-2000, and related chemistry reagents, infringe EP 1 530 578
B1.
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