Magseis Fairfield has claimed a victory in its continuing patent infringement claim against Seabed Geosolutions relating to ocean bottom node technology.
Magseis Fairfield has claimed a victory in its continuing patent infringement claim against Seabed Geosolutions relating to ocean bottom node technology.
It has accused Seabed’s MANTA system of infringing its 268 Patent in a lawsuit pending in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Seabed sought to invalidate the ’268 Patent through an Inter Partes Review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, but a final written decision has rejected all of Seabed’s invalidity arguments.
‘Magseis Fairfield looks forward to continuing its patent infringement lawsuit against Seabed and recovering all available remedies for Seabed’s past and ongoing infringement of the ’268 Patent, including lost profits, a reasonable royalty, and an injunction against the MANTA system,’ said Magseis Fairfield in a statement.
Seabed said in a statement that it would continue to vigorously defend Fairfield Magseis’ claim: ‘Seabed Geosolutions categorically denies infringement and categorically denies those patents are valid, and Seabed Geosolutions has raised defences and counterclaims in the lawsuit that are separate and apart from the issues raised in the inter partes review of the ‘268 patent.
‘Accordingly, Seabed Geosolutions considers the claims raised by Magseis Fairfield to be baseless and frivolous and will continue to vigorously defend itself against Magseis Fairfield’s patent infringement claims at the District Court if and when the District Court stay is lifted.’
Meanwhile, Magseis Farfield has agreed with an unnamed seismic contractor to participate in a multi-client project, in the first quarter of 2020. ‘This is the first phase of a multi-year campaign which will bring industry-leading nodal acquisition and data processing to reimage a mature basin,’ said Carel Hooijkaas, CEO of Magseis Fairfield.
