MRI technology developer NeuroGrafix is suing the University of California, alleging that the university system is infringing on the company's patents for MRI neurography technology.
In a complaint filed in a state court, NeuroGrafix of Santa Monica, CA, said it's challenging the state of California's sovereign immunity under a theory of inverse condemnation. The MR neurography patent at issue, U.S. Patent No. 5,560,360, is owned by the University of Washington but has been exclusively licensed to NeuroGrafix, according to the vendor.
NeuroGrafix is alleging that profits from the use of the invention are due in part to the people of the state of Washington, but that these rights have instead been seized without compensation to unlawfully redirect the benefits to the people of the state of California.
A major part of the invention at issue was developed at St. George's University of London Medical School in the U.K. and another part was developed in Washington, NeuroGrafix said. The company said that tens of millions of dollars may be at stake, based on information it filed in its patent infringement lawsuit against Siemens Healthcare of Malvern, PA, earlier this year.
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