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): December 22, 2008
Retractable Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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511 Lobo Lane, Little Elm, Texas 75068-0009 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (972) 294-1010
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(Former name or former address, if changed since 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
Effective as of December 22, 2008, we resolved our existing litigation with MedSafe Technologies, LLC (“MedSafe”) by entering into a PATENT LICENSE/ASSIGNMENT AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT with MedSafe and Syringe Development Partners, LLC; William B.S. Pressly, Sr.; Charles A. Vaughn, Sr.; G. Samuel Brockway; and Thomas R. Ellis (collectively, the “MedSafe Plaintiffs”) (the “Settlement Agreement”). This Settlement Agreement ends the patent infringement litigation between us and MedSafe (over patent no. 6,074,370) that has been pending before the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Greenville Division.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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DATE: December 29, 2008 |
RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
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/s/ Thomas J. Shaw |
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THOMAS J. SHAW |
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