10x Wins Injunction From Unified Patent Court Banning Sales of NanoString's CosMx Products in Europe
PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 10x Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXG), a leader in single cell and spatial biology, announced today that the European Unified Patent Court ("UPC") issued a preliminary injunction against NanoString Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSTG) for infringing European Patent 4 108 782 B1 ("the EP 782 patent," docket No 459746/2023). The preliminary injunction, issued by a panel of four judges with both legal and technical expertise, prevents NanoString from selling or providing services using its CosMx Spatial Molecular Imager (SMI) instruments and CosMx reagents for RNA detection in all 17 countries of the UPC.
- "A patent holder must meet a very high standard to win a preliminary injunction," added Whitaker.
- "Two separate courts have now found that NanoString's CosMx products infringe two different 10x patents, and three separate courts have preliminarily found the 10x patents valid in the asserted scope.
- The full opinions of the Unified Patent Court will be posted here when available: 10xgen.com/munich-spatial-news .
- 10x also intends to seek an injunction against sales of GeoMx as well as ongoing damages.