TORONTO, May 13 /CNW/ - Yesterday, the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Star Navigation (TSX-V: SNA) ("Star" or the "Company")) was responded to by Aeromechanical Services' (TSX-V: AMA) in the United States District Court in San Francisco, California by AMA's motion to dismiss on purely procedural grounds. To date, AMS has taken considerable effort to avoid having to answer Star's allegation that AMS infringes the patent at issue.
Thus, the arguments included in AMA's motion were limited to assertions that the California court lacks personal jurisdiction over AMA and arguments attacking the judicial procedures supporting the recent amendment to Star's complaint against AMA adding Messrs. Kapadia and Vieira as co-plaintiffs to the lawsuit. Messrs. Kapadia and Vieira are named co-inventors of U.S. Pat. 7113852, the patent being asserted against AMA and exclusively licensed to Star. Originally, the infringement suit was brought by Star only; however, the inventors, Messrs. Kapadia and Vieira, who had previously authorized the litigation, have now been added as co-plaintiffs.
Following consideration of AMA's motion, discovery and the more substantive aspects of trial may commence. "Our team was fully prepared for this response from AMA," commented Mr. Kapadia, who is Chief Executive Officer of Star as well as an inventor of the patented technology. "We expect to move past the procedural tactics and are looking forward to moving forward with this litigation and prevailing on the merits of our case. We will continue to pursue our legal rights and remedies to the full extent of the law."
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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