Open Biosystems responds to the lawsuit filed by Sigma-Aldrich and Oxford Biomedica alleging patent infringement, and reaffirms its commitment to the distribution of TRC lentiviral libraries
Open Biosystems says it intends to defend these claims and reaffirms its dedication to advancing scientific discoveries through the open distribution of the RNAi Consortium (TRC) lentiviral libraries.
"These large, publicly traded companies have targeted a privately held and socially responsible company with these accusations.
"The claims of patent infringement in the lawsuit are unfounded, and we intend to vigorously defend against them," said Troy Moore, chief technology officer, Open Biosystems.
"We conduct our business on the highest plane and in a way that results in genomic materials being made available to the research community.
"It is our belief that there is a greater value in making technologies broadly available both to the holder of the intellectual property and to the research community".
Open Biosystems continues to operate under license from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the developers of the TRC lentiviral libraries.
Sigma-Aldrich also distributes these libraries.
"It is never our policy to infringe upon intellectual property.
"Open Biosystems was founded upon an open source business model that supports basic and medical research by making the newest and best life sciences tools readily available to scientists in academia, government and industry.
"This business model is disrupting the strategy of large corporate gate-keepers that are determined to control, not advance, research efforts," said Brian Pollock, CEO of Open Biosystems.
Open Biosystems develops, manufactures and markets genomic research tools to scientists and researchers in corporate, academic and government laboratories.
These research tools provide investigators with standardised high-quality genes, RNAi and antibodies for interrogating gene function in relation to oncology, neuroscience and metabolic disorders.
Founded in 2001, Open Biosystems is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
