BriarTek urged the U.S. International Trade Commission to begin an investigation...
BriarTek urged the U.S. International Trade Commission to begin an investigation into an alleged patent infringement for two-way global satellite communication devices. In its complaint (bit.ly/NYFcEh), BriarTek, a developer of personal locator devices, said DeLorme and Yellowbrick violated Section 337…
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of the Tariff Act by infringing on claims of its “380 patent” for a global bidirectional locator beacon and emergency communication system. BriarTek filed the complaint “to remedy the unlawful importation in the United States, the sale for importation and/or the sale within the United States after importation by the owner, importer, consignee … of certain two-way global satellite communication devices (SCD), system and components thereof that infringe a valid and enforceable U.S. patent owned by BriarTek,” it said. DeLorme violated the patent through its two-way SCD product InReach, BriarTek said. The Yellowbrick 3 SCD and Yellowbrick Messenger software also infringes the “380 patent,” the complaint said. DeLorme is reviewing the complaint, a spokeswoman said. Yellowbrick didn’t comment.