On August 25, 2011, Hardware Resources filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against ATC Hardware Systems in the Northern District of Texas (copy of complaint available here). Hardware Resources seeks a declaratory judgment that United States Patent No. 7,458,651 is invalid and not infringed by Hardware Resources. The patent-in-suit, according to Hardware Resources, “describes a mechanism used to keep a drawer closed.”
Hardware Resources notes that ATC “has made repeated written allegations that Hardware Resources has infringed and continues to infringe the ’651 Patent by making and selling” drawer slides, and has also “demanded payment of license fees and royalties from Hardware Resources in order to avoid litigation for infringement of the ’651 Patent.”
The case is before Judge Solis.
Hardware Resources is represented by George Schultz and Nicole Marsh, both of Schultz & Associates, P.C.