Patent Owner Announces Royalty-Free Licenses For COVID-19 Tests

Mealey's (March 17, 2020, 1:30 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Just over one week after it sued a biotechnology company and its subsidiary for patent infringement in Delaware federal court, the owner of two patents relating to biological fluid testing said in a statement March 17 that it would grant royalty-free licenses to third parties who use its patented technology while developing tests for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (Labrador Diagnostics LLC v. Biofire Diagnostics LLC, et al., No. 20-348, D. Del.)....