TORONTO, April 10 /CNW/ - Yesterday, the United States District Court in San Francisco, California declined Aeromechanical Services' (TSX: AMA-V) request to dismiss the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Star Navigation (Star).
In so ruling, the Judge identified a non-prejudicial technicality in the case and requested the filing of an amended complaint to fully cure a technical jurisdictional defect. Star is in the process of preparing and filing that amended complaint to resolve this procedural issue.
AMS had argued that Star lacked the right to sue AMS and that the court had no jurisdiction over AMS or its infringing activities. After considering AMS's lengthy arguments and Star's response, the Judge requested that the inventors of the patent at issue (U.S. 7,113,852, which is exclusively licensed to Star) be included as plaintiffs in the law suit to help ensure that all of AMS' patent infringement liability be identified in this litigation.
Originally, the infringement suit was brought by Star only; however, the inventors, Messrs. Kapadia and Vieira, who had previously authorized the litigation, will now be added as co-plaintiffs.
The patent infringement lawsuit is expected to continue following this technical correction.
About Star Navigation.
Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (www.star-navigation.com) owns the worldwide license to its proprietary, patented In-flight Safety Monitoring System - ISMS(TM), 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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