Natural Alternatives International (NAII) Files Texas Suits Against BPI Sports Holdings and Image Sports For Patent Infringement
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Natural Alternatives International, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAII) announced today that on January 20 it instituted two new patent litigations against BPI Sports Holdings, LLC d/b/a BPI Sports, LLC and BPI Sports and Image Sports, LLC d/b/a Image Nutrition LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, for infringing U.S. Patent No. 8,067,381, entitled "Methods and compositions for increasing the anaerobic working capacity in tissues." The '381 patent was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is part of NAI's worldwide portfolio covering CarnoSyn® beta-alanine.
NAI filed its complaint against BPI in federal court after BPI failed to comply with a cease and desist demand. The complaint alleges that BPI infringes the '381 patent by making, using, offering for sale and selling nutritional supplements and bundled supplement products containing beta-alanine such as its 1.M.R.™ product. NAI also filed a separate lawsuit for infringement of the '381 patent alleging that Image makes, uses, offers for sale and sells nutritional supplements and bundled supplement products containing beta-alanine such as its Alarm™ product. The two new lawsuits follow NAI's December 21, 2011 filing of a patent infringement action alleging infringement of the '381 patent against Woodbolt Distribution, LLC, Vitaquest International, Inc., d/b/a Garden State Nutritionals and F.H.G. Corporation, d/b/a Integrity Nutraceuticals regarding certain beta-alanine containing products.
NAI filed its complaint against BPI in federal court after BPI failed to comply with a cease and desist demand. The complaint alleges that BPI infringes the '381 patent by making, using, offering for sale and selling nutritional supplements and bundled supplement products containing beta-alanine such as its 1.M.R.™ product. NAI also filed a separate lawsuit for infringement of the '381 patent alleging that Image makes, uses, offers for sale and sells nutritional supplements and bundled supplement products containing beta-alanine such as its Alarm™ product. The two new lawsuits follow NAI's December 21, 2011 filing of a patent infringement action alleging infringement of the '381 patent against Woodbolt Distribution, LLC, Vitaquest International, Inc., d/b/a Garden State Nutritionals and F.H.G. Corporation, d/b/a Integrity Nutraceuticals regarding certain beta-alanine containing products.
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