Hamilton
Beach/Proctor-Silex, a Richmond-based manufacturer
of small home appliances, filed suit against Back to
Basics Products Inc. of Bluffdale, Utah, claiming infringement
of its patents on the company's BrewStation coffeemaker.
(PRNewswire)
KSI Services
Inc., a Vienna-based real estate development
company, changed its name to Kettler. The evolving brand
and identify of the company is taken from the name of
Kettler's founder and chairman, Robert C. Kettler. (News
release)
NTP Inc., an intellectual property firm headquartered
in Richmond, filed a patent infringement suit against
Palm Inc. NTP asserts Palm's products using radio frequency
communication to mobile processors infringe on its patents.
The company seeks injunctive relief against Palm and
recovery of monetary damage. (PRNewswire)
Virginia and Virginia
Beach filed suit challenging the
order issued to the Navy by the BRAC commission to move
its jets from Oceana Naval Air Station to Jacksonville,
Fla. Although Jacksonville has indicated no interest
in pursuing Oceana's jets, Virginia officials felt BRAC
had overstepped its authority and wanted to establish
legal points through the lawsuit. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
