Marport Canada Inc. informed about the decision it has received from the Oslo District Court in Norway on its patent litigation with Scanmar AS. The rule gave Marport a clear victory in its defense against Scanmar’s claims of patent infringement and ruled in favor of Marport’s pleading of invalidity for both patents. The Court invalidated Scanmar’s Norwegian patent No 326 638 (the ‘638 patent) and Scanmar’s Norwegian patent No 325 356 (the ‘356 patent).
According to the information a separate action in which Scanmar made several claims against Marport for violations of the Norwegian marketing and good business practises act was rejected by the Court. It is told that the court ruling also removed the Dalane District Court temporary injunction against Marport and reversed the decision of that court for costs awarded to Scanmar.
The 638 patent was a system patent centered on the use of angular measurement devices attached to fishing gear to provide a system for the charting of the fishing gear. The Scanmar claim against Marport was that all Marport sensors can be configured with inclinometers to provide pitch and roll information.
The 356 patent was a system patent for measuring the filling ratio of the cod end of a trawl by using inclinometers. The Scanmar claim against Marport was that all Marport sensors can be configured to include inclinometers.
