On Friday, November 16, 2012, OfficeMax (plaintiff)
recorded a suit against Frontal Group (defendant) for patent infringement in
the U.S. District Court of Illinois (case no. 1:12-cv-09157).
OfficeMax is in the business of
providing office supplies and paper, print and document services, technology
products and solutions, and furniture to businesses and consumers. Frontal
Group specializes in manufacturing and exporting promotion items and fashion
jewellery. Frontal Group (director Kendrew Wang ) operates its business through
the online store thearcticstore.com. The Architect
stylus is the first product released under the Arctic brand.
The patent USD572755 involved in this suit is currently assigned[1] to OMX. (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database). OfficeMax is the exclusive
licensee of the ‘755 patent. The patent entitled Marker and cap was issued on July 08, 2008 and expires[2]
on July 20, 2022.
According to the complaint, plaintiff alleges that the defendant infringes
the ‘755 patent through its sale of product Architect stylus for iPad and other electronic tablets which resembles
the ornamental design of the above patent.
OfficeMax launched a new design in highlighter-pens
covered by the ‘755 patent under brand name TUL. The ornamental design of the ‘755 patent is illustrated in
fig.1. Fig. 2 is a picture of architect stylus. Fig 3 is a picture of TUL highlighter
pens sold by OfficeMax.
FIG. 2
FIG.
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[1] MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service where subscribers
receive email alerts when assignments relating to target applications, patents
or entities of interest are recorded.
[2] Expected expiration date. Patent Term
Estimator is a free web-based tool that automatically calculates patent terms and
expiration dates for U.S. utility patents.
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