Maryland IP Litigation: 2008 Lawsuit Summaries Nos. 16-17

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Brian Wm. Higgins

    

     Plaintiffs Henry Garnet Wolsey and Althea Wolsey are residents of the United Kingdom, and the inventors of U.S. Patent No. 6,067,803 for “Cooling Pouch,” which they describe as being used for cool storage of vials containing medicine. Plaintiffs’ sell in the U.S. the Frio Wallet, a flat foldable storage device with pockets similar to FIG. 1 from the ‘803 patent.

     Plaintiffs allege that Tactical Medical Solutions, Inc., and Tactical Medical Solutions, LLC, both reportedly South Carolina entities, have infringed the ‘803 patent by selling the “I.V. Evaporative Cooling System” (IVECS™) to the U.S. Army Medical Research & Material Command, which is a Command organization headquartered at Ft. Dietrich, MD. Plaintiffs are seeking an injunction and unspecified monetary relief.

     Daniel Chemers and Sherry Flax of Saul Ewing (Baltimore) filed the complaint on behalf of the Plaintiffs.

     Rockville, Maryland's Simon Systems, Inc., sued Corel Corp., which is based in Ontario, Canada, for infringement of SSI’s U.S. Patent No. 5,559,562, entitled “MPEG Editor Method and Apparatus.” SSI alleges that Corel has sold in Maryland, MPEG editing equipment that infringes the ‘562 patent, and further alleges that such sales were willful and deliberate. Damages are estimated at “well in excess of $1,500,000.”

     Daniel Ward of Ward & Ward, PLLC, filed the complaint on behalf of SSI.

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Maryland IP Litigation Cases for the Week of October 8, 2007

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Brian Wm. Higgins

     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.

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