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TORONTO, Dec. 6 /CNW/ - Star Navigation Systems Group, Ltd (Star), has learned that Aeromechanical Services Ltd. ("AMS") announced yesterday that it has filed a motion to dismiss the recent patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by Star Navigation Systems Group, Ltd. ("Star") in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. This reaction (from AMS) is fairly common and was expected.
In reviewing this filing and AMS' press release, Star Navigation expects that AMS' procedural arguments relating to personal jurisdiction and standing will be rejected by the court based on the facts surrounding the litigation. Star Navigation maintains that its rights to U.S. Patent No. 7,113,852 ("the '852 Patent") give it legal standing to assert infringement.
Star Navigation remains confident that the courts will agree with its position that AMS is infringing the '852 patent.
Additionally, reexamination request for AMS' U.S. Patent No. 7,203,630 has been resubmitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") under the direction of the USPTO. Thus, Star Navigation expects the USPTO to formally consider the request as early as February 2008.
Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (www.star-navigation.com) owns the exclusive worldwide license to its proprietary, patented In-flight Safety Monitoring System, the first system in the world to feature in-flight data-analysis, monitoring and diagnostics with a real-time connection between aircraft and ground. Its real-time capability of tracking performance-trends and predicting incident-occurrence enhances aviation safety and improves fleet management while reducing costs for the operator.
About Star Navigation : Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (www.star-navigation.com) owns the exclusive worldwide license to its proprietary, patented In-flight Safety Monitoring System, the first system in the world to feature in-flight data-analysis, monitoring and diagnostics with a real-time connection between aircraft and ground. Its real-time capability of tracking performance-trends and predicting incident-occurrence enhances aviation safety and improves fleet management while reducing costs for the operator.
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