Southern Mills, Inc. (“Southern Mills”), a Georgia corporation doing business as TenCate Protective Fabrics, filed a patent infringement action on July 15, 2015 against International Textiles Group, Inc. f/k/a Safety Components International, Inc. (“Int’l Textiles”), a Delaware corporation, relating to U.S. Patent No. 8,898,821 (the ‘821 Patent) directed to […]
On August 21, 2014, Pennsylvania-based Specialty Surfaces International, Inc. (“SSI”) filed a complaint against Georgia-based Deluxe Athletics, LLC (“Deluxe Athletics”) alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,976,645 (the “‘645 Patent”) for a “Vertically draining, rubber-filled synthetic turf and method of manufacture.” Sample from Deluxe’s website According to the […]
On May 8, 2014, CTP Innovations, LLC (“CTP”), a Delaware LLC, filed a complaint against Geo Graphics, Inc. (“Geo”) of Atlanta, Georgia, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Numbers 6,611,349 (“the ‘349 Patent”) and 6,738,155 (“the ‘155 Patent”). The complaint comes less than a year after a slew of similar […]
On April 3, 2014, Eagle Parts & Products, Inc. of Augusta, Georgia (“Eagle”) filed a complaint against Allshields, Inc. of Raleigh, North Carolina (“Allshields”) alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,380,860 (“the ‘860 patent”) for a “windshield fastening device.” According to the complaint, Eagle is a leading manufacturer […]
Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc. (“Barrette”), an Ohio corporation with a place of business in Jefferson, Georgia, brought a patent infringement action against Porcelen, Limited, Connecticut, LLC, for patent infringement of the following patents: U.S. Patent No. 8,413, 332 (the ‘332 patent) U.S. Patent No. 8,413,965 (the ‘965 […]
On February 5, 2014, Monsanto Company and Monsanto Technology, LLC (“Monsanto”) filed a complaint in the Middle District of Georgia asserting willful patent infringement against a farmer (Christopher Ponder and Chris Ponder Farms, LLC – “Ponder”) for using and planting infringing cotton seed derived from patented cotton seed […]
Wireless Media Innovations, LLC (“Wireless”) asserts patent infringement of two patents against Flowers Foods, Inc. (“Flowers”) in a complaint filed in the Middle District of Georgia on November 19, 2013. The patents cover monitoring methods and systems for containers. Wireless claims United States Patent No. 6,148, 291 (the […]
On September 27, 2013 Ironburg Inventions, Ltd. (“Ironburg”) of Somerset, Great Britain, and Scuf Gaming International, LLC (“Scuf Gaming”) of Atlanta, Georgia, the company through which Ironburg conducts business in the United States, filed a complaint against Playrapid EURL (“Playrapid”) of Tarascon, France and its subsidiary corporation BURN […]
Earlier this year, Krush Communications, LLC (Krush) of Brandon, Florida filed a complaint against Lunex Telecom, Inc. (Lunex) of Duluth, Georgia in United States District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and tortious interference with business expectations. The case was […]
On August 26, 2013, YKK Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, and YKK (U.S.A.) Inc. of Marietta, Georgia (collectively, “YKK“), filed a complaint in the Middle District of Georgia against Velcro USA Inc. (“Velcro”) of Manchester, New Hampshire, alleging infringement of United States Patent No. 6,720,059 (“the ’059 Patent”), “Fastener […]
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