JAX sued for infringement
A Japanese company that breeds mice for scientific research has sued competitor The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor for patent and trademark infringement.
The Central Institute for Experimental Animals, based in Kawasaki, Japan, filed the lawsuit Dec. 12 with the U.S. District Court in Northern California, alleging that Jackson Lab is taking credit for a certain strain of mouse that the company invented, according to the Mount Desert Islander. CIEA says it developed the strain of immunodeficient mouse in 2002 and received a U.S. patent for it in 2006. Jackson Lab has been selling the same strain of mouse to the research community since 2005, and has used its trademark name for the mouse, CIEA alleges. CIEA is seeking unspecified damages, and filed the suit in California because Jackson Lab has a production and distribution facility in West Sacramento.
But Jackson Lab spokesperson Joyce Peterson told the paper that the company has not been served legal papers, and that the lawsuit "was completely out of the blue." The lab plans to dispute the charges, Peterson told the paper.
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