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Why did Acuitas bring a patent lawsuit against Arbutus?

The LNP patent battle lines are being drawn. In the past several weeks, Arbutus has sued Moderna, Alnylam has suedboth Moderna and Pfizer, and in the latest, Acuitas Therapeutics has sued Arbutus and Genevant. What can we expect from the Acuitas lawsuit?

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Will Bio-Rad’s patent fight stop 10x Genomics’ trajectory?

10x Genomics ($TXG) launched its IPO on September 12, trading up as much as 49% on its debut.  While the market is rewarding the company’s prospects, its lingering patent fight with Bio-Rad Laboratories ($BIO) continues.  Bio-Rad and 10x have been locked in a patent battle over technology allegedly covering most of 10x’s products.  The case, which has been pending since 2015, is now heading to appeal.  10x suffered a fairly significant loss at the jury trial, after which the court ordered an injunction against essentially all of 10x’s products.  Earlier this year, 10x launched a redesigned product to circumvent, Next GEM, to circumvent the injunction.  Yet, on the eve of 10x’s IPO, Bio-Rad hit 10x with another patent suit, now directly targeting 10x’s Next GEM product.  Can Bio-Rad’s patents stop 10x’s trajectory? 

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