Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
In the ordinary course of business, we are from time to time involved in lawsuits, claims, investigations, proceedings, and threats of litigation related to intellectual property (“IP”), commercial arrangements and other matters. The outcome of any such legal proceedings, regardless of the merits, is inherently uncertain. In addition, litigation and related matters are costly and may divert the attention of our management and other resources that would otherwise be engaged in other activities. If we were unable to prevail in any such legal proceedings, our business, results of operations, liquidity and financial condition could be adversely affected.
BlueAllele Corp. v. Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
On July 8, 2024, BlueAllele Corp. (“BlueAllele”) filed a complaint alleging infringement by Intellia of various patents in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Specifically, BlueAllele alleges that our experimentation, basic research, identification, optimization, manufacturing and/or use of bi-directional insertion template technology infringes the asserted patents and seeks, inter alia , unspecified compensatory damages and an injunction against the alleged infringing activities. On September 12, 2024, we filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, and on December 9, 2024, the court denied the motion to dismiss and discovery began. On January 6, 2025, we filed our answer and counterclaims, and BlueAllele filed a motion to dismiss our counterclaims on January 27, 2025. On February 21, 2025, the court substantially denied BlueAllele’s motion to dismiss, and granted the motion with respect to one counterclaim.
Gonzalez v. Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
On February 11, 2025, a purported stockholder of the Company filed a lawsuit, captioned Gonzalez v. Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. , No. 1:25-cv-01353 (D. Mass.), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Company and certain of our officers on behalf of a putative class of stockholders who purchased Company shares from July 30, 2024 through January 8, 2025. The complaint alleges claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) premised upon statements relating to the Company’s NTLA-3001 program and the demand for viral-based editing. The complaint seeks unspecified damages, interest, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs. We intend to defend vigorously against the claims.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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