Trade judge recommends $675K fine for DeLorme
A federal trade judge has recommended that the Yarmouth-based mapping and GPS company DeLorme pay a $675,000 civil penalty for practices that she ruled induce infringement on the satellite-tracking patent of a Virginia company.
The legal news service Law 360 reported Administrative Law Judge Dee Lord, of the International Trade Commission, ruled that DeLorme InReach LLC and parent DeLorme Publishing Co. Inc. induced infringement by selling InReach 1.5 units containing imported technology that violated a patent held by BriarTek IP Inc.
Lord’s ruling concluded DeLorme did not sell products that directly infringed on BriarTek’s patent and did not induce infringement through its InReach SE product.
Peter Brann, DeLorme’s attorney, told the news service the company plans to file an objection to the ruling, arguing both the induced infringement ruling and the amount of the civil penalty.
John Fuisz, BriarTek’s attorney, said his client was pleased with the ruling but questioned why DeLorme’s InReach SE product was not included as a violation.
The full determination in the case remains under seal, pending redaction requests from both parties.
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