Intellectual Property Law

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

By Brian Wm. Higgin

• #16: Wolsey v. Tactical Medical Solutions, LLC, No. 1:2008cv00546; filed February 28, 2008; assigned to J. Quarles

    

     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.

• #17: Simon Sys., Inc. v. Corel Corp., No. 8:2008cv00568; filed March 3, 2008; assigned to J. Messitte

     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.

Full post as published by Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog on March 12, 2008 (boomark / email).