Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - Systems Division Wins $3M in Case Against Teknek Electronics

IRVINE, CA, Dec. 3, 2004 --A Santa Ana Federal Court jury unanimously awarded $3 million to Systems Division Inc., in its patent infringement lawsuit against Teknek Electronics Ltd. and Teknek LLC. The plaintiff company said the seven-member jury found that the defendants had willfully infringed Systems Division's U.S. patents '073, '358, and '393 for computer circuit-board cleaning.

A press release issue by SDI states that the final Court order decreed that Systems Division is awarded $771,555.25 in prejudgement interest against Teknek, in addition to $3,000,000 previously awarded to the plaintiff. In previous orders, the court ordered that the defendants and their agents are enjoined from importing, exporting, advertising, marketing and selling in the U.S. "any CM6, CM5 mk2, or any machine substantially identical to a CM6 or CM5 mk2 machine."

Teknek Electronics Ltd. is a limited liability partnership based in Scotland, Teknek LLC is a limited liability corporation based in Illinois. In May of 1999, according to SDI, it noted that Teknek was infringing on its patents and requested that Teknek immediately cease and desist selling those of its products that infringed SDI's patents. According to SDI, Teknek continued to manufacture and sell knock-offs of the plaintiff's patented sheet cleaning machines and paper rollers around the world.