Patent Infringement Claimant: COVID-19 Research Facilitator, Patent Troll, or Both?

In response to the global outbreak of COVID-19, many countries have been racing to develop vaccines and test existing drugs to fight the pandemic. On March 9th, 2020, Labrador Diagnostics LLC (“Labrador”), an entity owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”), which is funded by Softbank, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against BioFire Diagnostics LLC, […]