Illumina Sues BGI, Affiliates Over Sequencing Patents in US, Switzerland, Turkey

Jun 28, 2019

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This article has been updated with comments from BGI.

NEW YORK – Illumina has filed patent infringement suits in the US, Switzerland, and Turkey relating to BGI's sequencing instrumentation and chemistry, the company said today.

The suits, targeting products that include the BGISEQ-500 and MGISEQ-2000 platforms, add fuel to the ongoing patent dispute between the two firms.

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