Becton Dickinson Finally Escapes Cytek Counterclaims (Corrected)

Cytek Biosciences Inc. had no excuse for waiting until its third amended counterclaim to raise antitrust allegations against Becton Dickinson & Co., which has accused Cytek of stealing technical information about one of its medical devices, a California federal judge ruled.

BD claims Cytek took “secret technical specifications, source code, and designs related to the field of flow cytometry,” a laser-based technology used to identify, sort, and engineer cells and small particles. It filed the misappropriation suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Cytek countersued, saying BD threatened to stop doing business with customers ...