Maryland IP Litigation Cases for the Week of October 8, 2007
Below is a summary of the IP-related cases filed in the the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland during the week beginning October 11, 2007 (source: Justia). This time, two patent cases make up the week's docket:
- Raymond Geddes & Company, Inc. v. Nakajima USA, Inc., No. 07 Civ 02771, filed Oct. 11, 2007.
Raymond Geddes & Co., Inc. is a Maryland company with its headquarters in Baltimore, MD. It alleges that Los Angeles, CA-based Nakajima USA, Inc. has infringed its U.S. Patent No. 6,158,871, which is directed to an "Illuminated Ball-Point Pen" (advertisement), by making, using, and/or offering to sell the Hello Kitty light up pen. Sterne Kessler's Tracy-Gener Durkin filed the complaint on behalf of Raymond Geddes.
- Simon Systems, Inc. v. Corel Corporation, No. 07 Civ 02765, filed Oct. 12, 2007.
Rockville, MD-based Simon Systems, Inc., filed this patent infringement suit against Delaware entity Corel Corporation (which allegedly has a regular place of business in Annapolis, MD, for purposes of asserting personal jurisdiction). The patent at issue is U.S. 5,559,562, which is entitled "MPEG Editor Method and Apparatus." SSI's complaint includes a bare allegation that Corel has infringed the patent by its "manufacture, use and/or sale of MPEG editing equipment." Ward & Ward's Daniel Ward of Washington, DC filed the complaint on behalf of Simon Systems.
