Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we are involved in certain legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, based upon the advice of counsel, the outcomes of such actions are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on our future financial position or results of operations.
Spectrum Patent Litigation
In March 2021, we filed a complaint against Spectrum Solutions, LLC ("Spectrum") in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California alleging that certain saliva collection devices manufactured and sold by Spectrum infringe a patent held by DNAG. Spectrum has filed an answer to the initial complaint, asserting that its device does not infringe our patent and that our patent is invalid. In August 2021, we amended our complaint to add a second patent to this litigation. Spectrum responded to our amended complaint and asserted counterclaims for inequitable conduct and antitrust violations with respect to one of the patents in the litigation. DNAG filed a motion to dismiss Spectrum’s counterclaims in October 2021, which was denied by the Court on March 30, 2022. On April 8, 2022, the Court assigned a new judge to preside over the matter, which vacated all dates for the trial. We await new dates to be set by the Court.
Item 1A. RI SK FACTORS
There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A, entitled “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
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