WDP Patent Ruling: It's Official
On December 9, 2004, a jury in Madison, Wisconsin, found on behalf of NPF, Ltd. in its patent infringement lawsuit against Smart Parts, Inc.. The trial began on December 6, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, before the Honorable John C. Shabaz.
The jury found that the asserted claims of NPF’s U.S. patent number 6,615,814 were valid. Earlier, on November 17, Judge John Shabaz found that the patent was infringed, as a matter of law, by Smart Parts’ Impulse, Shocker and Nerve markers. Following the jury trial, the court granted NPF’s motion for a permanent injunction, preventing Smart Parts from selling any infringing markers from December 9, 2004, forward. This injunction will last for the life of the patent, until October 14, 2019.
The jury verdict has reaffirmed NPF’s decision to protect its intellectual property rights. NPF has a licensing program for the technology protected by this patent, and for the technology protected by its other patents. Those manufacturers interested in incorporating reprogrammable microprocessors into their electro-pneumatic markers, or incorporating other intellectual property protected by NPF’s patents into their markers, should contact:
Jon Green of WDP, Ltd., at
jgreen@wdp.tv for further information.
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http://www.p8ntballer-forums.com/vb/...047#post429047
12-29-2004, 01:24 PM
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