secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Sight Sciences, Inc. (SGHT)
CIK:        0001531177
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-130386
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sight Sciences secures court order preserving willful-infringement verdict against Alcon; $34M award plus royalties
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- Order upholds jury finding that Alcon willfully infringed three Sight Sciences patents.
- Past damages of $34M ($5.5M lost profits + $28.5M royalties) plus supplemental damages and interest.
- Ongoing royalty of 10% of Hydrus revenue through November 10, 2028 (last patent expiry).
- Final judgment expected in months; subject to appeal and possible USPTO reexamination impact.
- Company to record $5.4M success fee to Cooley LLP, excluded from non-GAAP operating expenses.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531177/000119312526130386/0001193125-26-130386-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1531177/000119312526130386/sght-20260327.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-130386

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