Company: ALGN
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001097149-25-000079
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Company: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
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 the complaint.On August 18, 2025, we initiated two actions in the China Intermediate People’s Court against Shanghai Angelalign Medical Devices Co., Ltd., Wuxi Angelalign Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd., and Wuxi Angelalign Biotechnology Co., Ltd (collectively the “Chinese Defendants”) for infringing patents related to attachments and force-based treatment planning. 

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On September 10, 2025, we filed another action against the Chinese Defendants alleging infringement of our patent related to extraction site closure. The Chinese Defendants have yet to respond to the complaints.On September 23, 2025, we filed a complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) against Angelalign Technology Inc., Wuxi EA Medical Instruments Technologies Ltd., Wuxi EA Bio-Tech Co., Ltd., Shanghai EA Medical Instruments Co., Ltd., and USA Angelalign Technology Corp. (collectively, “Respondents”). The complaint alleges that Respondents are violating 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (“Section 337”) through unlawful and unauthorized importation and sale of clear aligners that infringe claims of our patents related to multilayer materials, bite ramps, and power ridges. The complaint seeks an exclusion order blocking Respondents’ importation of the infringing clear aligners into the U.S., and a cease-and-desist order prohibiting Respondent from selling, marketing, and transferring the infringing clear aligners within the U.S. The ITC has yet to institute this investigation and has ceased regular operations during the government shutdown. Respondents have yet to appear.On August 22, 2025, Shanghai Angelalign Medical Devices Co., Ltd. and Wuxi Angelalign Medical Devices Technology Co., Ltd. filed a legal action against us in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court. The complaint alleges that we violate an Angelalign patent claim relating to undercut detection for mold manufacturing and seeks money damages and injunctive relief. We believe the case is without merit and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.We are currently unable to predict the outcome of these lawsuits or any future litigation, and therefore we cannot determine the likelihood of loss, if any, nor estimate a range of possible loss.In addition to the above, in the ordinary course of our operations, we are involved in a variety of claims, suits, investigations and proceedings, including actions with respect to intellectual property claims, patent infringement claims, government investigations, labor and employment claims, breach of contract claims, tax and other matters. Regardless of the outcome, these