0001144204-16-077901.txt : 20160129 0001144204-16-077901.hdr.sgml : 20160129 20160129162620 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-16-077901 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160128 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20160129 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160129 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATOSSA GENETICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001488039 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 264753208 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35610 FILM NUMBER: 161373682 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2345 EASTLAKE AVENUE EAST STREET 2: SUITE 201 CITY: SEATTLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98102 BUSINESS PHONE: 206.588.0256 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2345 EASTLAKE AVENUE EAST STREET 2: SUITE 201 CITY: SEATTLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98102 8-K 1 v430045_8-k.htm FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 28, 2016

ATOSSA GENETICS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

001-35610
(Commission file number)

26-4753208
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2300 Eastlake Ave. East, Suite 200, Seattle, Washington 98102
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(800) 351-3902
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

See Item 8.01 below which is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by this reference.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 28, 2016, Atossa Genetics Inc. (the”Company”) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware captioned Atossa Genetics Inc. v. Besins Healthcare Luxembourg SARL, Case No. 1:16-cv-00045-UNA. The complaint asserts claims for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and for declaratory relief against Defendant Besins Healthcare Luxembourg SARL (“Besins”). The Company’s claims arise from Besins’ breach of an Intellectual Property License Agreement dated May 14, 2015 (the “License Agreement”), under which Besins licensed to the Company the worldwide exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Afimoxifene Topical Gel, or AfTG, for the potential treatment and prevention of hyperplasia of the breast. The complaint seeks compensatory damages, a declaration of the parties’ rights and obligations under the License Agreement, and injunctive relief.

The Company is furnishing the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K to comply with Regulation FD. Such information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	ATOSSA GENETICS INC.


Date: January 29, 2016	By:	/s/ Kyle Guse
		Kyle Guse
		Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary