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Legal Matters
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Legal Matters
Legal Matters
Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release
On or about December 19, 2014, Shandong Fabosaier Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. of China (“Shandong”) and Ran Liu of Vancouver, Canada, who is allegedly a director of Shandong, commenced a lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Case No. 2:14-cv-07180-CMR. The Complaint asserted claims for breach of contract, promissory estoppel, and unjust enrichment against Fibrocell relating to the marketing of our LAVIV product in China and Vancouver. On February 12, 2015, the Company filed an amended answer, additional defenses and counterclaims against Shandong and Ms. Liu. Our counterclaims include counts for trademark infringement, violations of the Lanham Act and the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, unfair competition, and tortious interference with contractual relations resulting from Shandong’s repeated, unauthorized use of our marks on Shandong’s website and in other marketing materials.

In order to avoid the expense, burden and uncertainties inherent in litigation, we entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with Shandong and Ms. Liu on September 14, 2015 (the “Settlement Agreement”) to settle all matters in controversy between us relating to this litigation.  The Settlement Agreement does not provide for any payments to be made by the parties and contains a mutual release of all claims relating to the subject matter of the litigation.  On September 21, 2015, a Stipulation and Order of Dismissal was entered by the Court dismissing all of the claims and counterclaims asserted by the parties in accordance with the Settlement Agreement. Legal fees related to the matter have been expensed as incurred and are included within selling, general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.