Mass Engineered Targets 29 Cos. In Patent Suit

Law360, New York (November 13, 2009) -- Nearly a year after a federal jury awarded Mass Engineered Design Inc. $3 million in an infringement action against Dell Inc. and three other companies, the Canadian technology firm has brought a new suit accusing more than two dozen companies — including Human Scale Corp. and Targus Inc. — of infringing the same patent for multiscreen display units.

Mass Engineered and patent inventor Jerry Moscovitch claim that 29 companies based in the U.S., Canada, Taiwan and Australia infringed U.S. Patent Number RE 36,978, a reissue of U.S. Patent...