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Ormco Corp. files lawsuit alleging patent infringement on it orthodontic brackets

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WESTERN — A California corporation is suing Innovative Material and Devices, LLC, Innovative Material and Devices, Inc. and Ortho Prime, Inc., Georgia corporation, citing alleged patent infringement.

Ormco Corp. filed a complaint on Oct. 21, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the defendants alleging that they infringe on one or more claims of plaintiff's patents by offering for sale the ProMM brackets without permission.

According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that Ormco Corp. suffered damages to their business as the result of the infringement of their patent. The plaintiff holds Innovative Material and Devices, LLC, Innovative Material and Devices, Inc. and Ortho Prime, Inc. responsible because the defendants allegedly sell brackets which infringes several claims of plaintiff's patents.

The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks damages sufficient to compensate the plaintiff plus interest, to enjoin the defendant from further infringing plaintiff's patents, trebling of monetary damages, all legal fees and interest, plus any other relief as this court deems just. They are represented by David L. DeBruin and Callie J. Sand of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in Chicago and Marc S. Harris and Alexander H. Cote of Scheper Kim & Harris LLP in Los Angeles and Christopher B. Mead of London & Mead in Washington, D.C.

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Case number 8:16-cv-01925-AG-DFM

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