<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001564590-18-000313.txt : 20180109
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-18-000313
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180109
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180109
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180109

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			IRIDEX CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001006045
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845]
		IRS NUMBER:				770210467
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1230

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27598
		FILM NUMBER:		18519238

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1212 TERRA BELLA AVE
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6509404700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1212 TERRA BELLA AVENUE
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., January 9, 2018 -- IRIDEX Corporation (NASDAQ:IRIX) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Quantel&#160;Medical, S.A., Quantel USA, Inc., and Quantel, S.A.&#160;in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.&#160; The lawsuit alleges that Quantel products infringe&#160;U.S. Patent No. 7,771,417, that Quantel breached an earlier agreement between the parties, and that Quantel has&#160;infringed&#160;Iridex's MicroPulse&#174; trademark, Registration No. 4550188 on the principal register.&#160;</p>
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